21.7% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tipperary · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tipperary
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 21% of people in Tipperary volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature of the area, where residents are far more likely to volunteer than people in most other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.7% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above both the Northern Territory and Australian averages of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 30.4% of people provide unpaid childcare—a rate much higher than most areas—almost no one here provides other forms of unpaid care. This is far below the national figure of 11.9%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.4% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.2% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 15.2%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Northern Territory rate of 5.2%.
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 Tipperary [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70259/tipperary/topic/community