17.7% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tecoma · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tecoma
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above state and national figures, 17.7% of people in Tecoma volunteer their time. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong tendency for residents to provide unpaid care for others in their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.7% of residents giving their time, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent, as 30.2% of people care for children, well above the 26.3% national average. This trend extends to other duties, with 14.6% providing general unpaid care and 23.8% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework.
14.6% ▲ +35.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.2% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% ▲ +3.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
Defence service is about the same as the rest of the country, with 2.4% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
2.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Tecoma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22476/tecoma/topic/community