17.2% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tarawera · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tarawera
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far lower share of people do intensive housework in Tarawera compared to the rest of the country. While many residents provide unpaid care for children, the area sees very little military service and a typical level of volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.2% of people in Tarawera volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common here at 27.6%, which is a little above the national figure. However, those providing other unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework each week are among the lowest in the country, at just 5.2%.
5.2% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.9%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
5.2% —
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 5.2%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Tarawera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32749/tarawera/topic/community