32.8% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tenterden · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tenterden
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 32% of people in Tenterden volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This strong level of community involvement is paired with high rates of unpaid care and a significant number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 32.8% of residents giving their time, which is far above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent in the area, with 35.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the Western Australian figure of 20.1%. This is alongside higher than usual rates of people providing unpaid care (13.6%) and caring for children (28.8%).
13.6% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.8% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.9% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 35.9%
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.
A higher number of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 4.7%, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Tenterden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51442/tenterden/topic/community