30.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tarcowie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tarcowie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering than most similar areas define Tarcowie, where 30.3% of people give their time to help others. This community engagement is paired with a very high level of unpaid housework and childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than in the rest of the state, with 30.3% of residents helping out compared to the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Nearly half of residents (45.5%) spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 27.3% of people provide unpaid childcare, a rate about the same as across Australia.
12.1% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
45.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 45.5%
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 community has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the South Australian average of 3.2%.
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 Tarcowie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41425/tarcowie/topic/community