17.2% ▼ -14.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tennyson · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tennyson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than most similar areas, Tennyson has a high rate of people providing unpaid care and serving in the military. Around 17.2% of the community volunteer, which is about the same as the South Australian figure and well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.2% of residents giving their time, a figure that sits well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 14% of people provide unpaid care, which is higher than most areas, the proportion of those caring for children is well below both the state and national figures at 20.8%.
14.0% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.8% ▼ -25.9%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% ▲ +10.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 22.6%
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.
Defence service is more common in Tennyson than in most similar areas, with 4% of residents having served, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 Tennyson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41436/tennyson/topic/community