25.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tamrookum · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tamrookum
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of people in Tamrookum now volunteer, marking a strong shift toward community involvement. This area sees far more people giving their time to others than is typical across Queensland and Australia. It is a place where local contribution and family support are very common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than in the rest of the country, with 25% of residents helping out, compared to the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family duties are a big part of life here, as 35.5% of people provide unpaid childcare and 30.3% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both figures being well above the national average. However, the rate of people providing other unpaid care is much lower than most areas at 7.9%.
7.9% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.5% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.3% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 30.3%
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.
Military service is more common in Tamrookum than in other areas, with 6.2% of residents having served in the Defence Force, which is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.2%
Higher than 87% 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 Tamrookum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32733/tamrookum/topic/community