14.5% ▼ -23.7%
Lower than 63% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Forster - Tuncurry · Urban Area
Community Participation in Forster - Tuncurry
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than four times as many people have served in the Defence Force in Forster - Tuncurry than in some other similar areas. While the region shows a strong history of service, the number of people volunteering in the community has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the New South Wales figure. This is a drop from 2011, when 19.0% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 13.5% of people providing care and 23.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both figures being above the national average. However, the 17.0% who care for children unpaid is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
13.5% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 67% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.0% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 73% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 23.1%
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 total of 4.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.3%
Higher than 81% of urban area 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 Forster - Tuncurry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1013/forster-tuncurry/topic/community