17.6% ▼ -21.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tamaree · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tamaree
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Tamaree involves a high level of unpaid work and community support. Residents are much more likely to provide care and volunteer their time than people in most other areas. This spirit of helping out is seen in the 17.6% of people who volunteer, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.6% of people in Tamaree volunteer their time. This is well above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%, though it is around the middle when compared to similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 33.1% of people caring for children, which is much higher than most areas. This trend extends to other chores; 26.4% do 15 or more hours of housework and 15.7% provide other unpaid care, both of which are well above the national figures.
15.7% ▲ +27.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.1% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.4% ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 26.4%
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.
A little above the national average of 2.8%, 5.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is a much higher proportion of people than is found in most other areas.
5.3%
Higher than 83% 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 Tamaree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32729/tamaree/topic/community