59.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.2%
- 2021: 59.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tenindewa · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tenindewa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 45 percentage point gap separates Tenindewa from the national average in volunteerism. This community is remarkably active, with nearly 60% of residents volunteering and a very high proportion of people providing unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost 60% of people in Tenindewa volunteer, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and among the highest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 40.5% of residents providing this care, far above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, people doing 15 or more hours of housework each week are a little below the national average at 18.9%.
10.8% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.5% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.2%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.9% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.9%
- 2021: 18.9%
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.
No one in Tenindewa has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Tenindewa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51441/tenindewa/topic/community