12.6% ▼ -29.3%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tarpeena · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tarpeena
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual share of the Tarpeena population has served in the Defence Force, with 4.6% of residents having done so. While military service is common, other forms of community contribution are less frequent compared to similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.6% of people in Tarpeena volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 17.5%, though a higher than usual 13.7% of people provide some form of unpaid care. About 21.6% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is about the same as the national figure.
13.7% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.5% ▼ -31.4%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 21.6%
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.
The 4.6% of residents who served in the Defence Force is a much higher proportion than in most other areas, sitting a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Tarpeena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41428/tarpeena/topic/community