22.7% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tarlee · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tarlee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 23% of people in Tarlee volunteer their time, a figure that is well above the national average. This highlights a strong spirit of community contribution in the area. The town also has a notably higher proportion of veterans compared to most other Australian places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.7% of residents helping out. This is well above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 21.6%, while those doing 15 or more hours of housework sit a little above the national figure at 23.5%. General unpaid care is about the same as the rest of the country at 12.5%.
12.5% ▲ +11.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% ▼ -27.7%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -18.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 23.5%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most similar areas. About 5.6% of residents have served, which is a little above the South Australian figure of 3.2%.
5.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Tarlee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41426/tarlee/topic/community