15.5% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Terrigal · State Electorate
Community Participation in Terrigal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Terrigal involves a high level of unpaid work and community support. While volunteering has remained steady, more residents are spending significant time on housework than in other similar areas. Roughly 15.5% of people here volunteer their time, a figure slightly above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.5% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This rate has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a major commitment here, with 25.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid chores, a figure well above the national average. This sits alongside 12.6% of residents providing unpaid care, which is higher than most areas.
12.6% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 25.7%
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.
Defence Force service is common for about 2.7% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.7%
Lower than 55% of state electorate 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 Terrigal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10082/terrigal/topic/community