18.5% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tammin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tammin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Tammin sees a mix of high local engagement and very low childcare rates compared to similar areas. About 18.5% of people volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. However, the number of people caring for children unpaid is among the lowest for its level.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people (18.5%) volunteer in Tammin. This is a little above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and well above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children (10.2%) and housework (13.9%) are both far below state and national figures. Despite this, 14.8% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is well above the Western Australian rate.
14.8% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 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.
10.2% ▼ -67.4%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.9% ▼ -42.2%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 13.9%
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.
About 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Tammin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51431/tammin/topic/community