14.3% ▼ -33.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Teesdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Teesdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Teesdale provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This highlights a strong trend of domestic and family support within the area. Other forms of community work and service are more typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of residents volunteer their time, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 30.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This aligns with the 34.4% who provide unpaid childcare, which is much higher than most areas.
13.9% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.4% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.8% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 30.8%
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 around the middle for its level, with 2.7% of residents having served, a result about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Teesdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22479/teesdale/topic/community