29.4% ▼ -16.0%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tumby Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tumby Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Tumby Bay than in most similar areas, with 29.4% of the population giving their time. This level of community spirit is far above the figures for both South Australia and the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost 30% of residents volunteer, which is far above the South Australian figure of 17% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, as 14.8% of people provide care and 26.1% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, which is well above national levels. However, the 21.6% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
14.8% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 26.1%
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 here than in most similar areas, with 4.2% of residents having served, which is a little above the 2.8% national figure.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Tumby Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41476/tumby-bay/topic/community