23.9% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tarome · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tarome
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost a quarter of people in Tarome volunteer their time, making it a place with very high community involvement. This spirit of helping out is seen in the high rates of people providing unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.9% of residents helping out, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents take on unpaid roles, as 20.2% provide unpaid care and 31.2% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are far above Queensland and Australian levels. Around 26.6% care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the national average.
20.2% ▲ +36.1%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▲ +35.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.2% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 31.2%
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.
About 2.7% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the national rate of 2.8%.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Tarome [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32752/tarome/topic/community