25.0% ▲ +61.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Teddington · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Teddington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in Teddington compared to the rest of the country. One in four residents gives their time to help others, reflecting a community that is much more active in unpaid work than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25% of residents are volunteers, which is far above the Queensland and Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 20% of people providing unpaid care and 37% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly—both figures being far above the national average. This sits alongside 27% of people caring for children unpaid, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
20.0% ▲ +41.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.0% ▲ +27.0%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 37.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 6.1% of the population, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.1%
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 Teddington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32763/teddington/topic/community