14.1% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tumbling Waters · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tumbling Waters
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual number of former Defence Force members live in Tumbling Waters, with 5.5% of the population having served. This stands out in an area where other forms of community contribution, such as volunteering and unpaid care, are generally lower than in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.1% of people here volunteer, which is lower than in most similar areas but about the same as the Northern Territory and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Few residents provide unpaid care, with only 9.2% doing so, which is much lower than most areas. This includes a small number of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, at 17.4%, which is well below the national figure.
9.2% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.4% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 17.4%
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.
The 5.5% of residents who have served in the Defence Force is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
5.5%
Higher than 85% 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 Tumbling Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70266/tumbling-waters/topic/community