23.6% ▲ +41.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tom Price · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tom Price
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people volunteer in Tom Price compared to the rest of the country. This community sees a strong commitment to unpaid work, with 23.6% of residents volunteering, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost one in four people here volunteer, a rate that is well above both the state and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for children is very common, with 38.4% of residents doing so unpaid, which is far above the Australian average. However, only 5.4% of people provide other types of unpaid care, a figure that is well below the national level.
5.4% ▲ +5.6%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.4% ▲ +22.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 41.4%
- 2021: 38.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% ▲ +42.4%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 21.2%
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 3.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is higher than in most similar areas.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 Tom Price [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51456/tom-price/topic/community