14.9% ▼ -45.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tanby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tanby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Tanby involves a high level of unpaid work in the home. While volunteering is typical for the region, a very large number of residents provide unpaid childcare and housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.9% of people in Tanby volunteer, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family responsibilities are common here, with 34.1% of people providing unpaid childcare and 30.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly—both figures are well above the national average.
12.0% ▼ -23.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.1% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.2% ▼ -14.4%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 30.2%
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.
The area has a higher proportion of veterans than most similar places, with 4.0% of people having served in the Defence Force.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 Tanby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32738/tanby/topic/community