13.0% ▼ -39.4%
Lower than 81% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Taree · Urban Area
Community Participation in Taree
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A significantly higher share of people provide unpaid care in Taree compared to the rest of the state. While 14.6% of residents look after others without pay, volunteering has dropped sharply over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.0% of people in Taree volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This figure has fallen by 8.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is very common here, with 14.6% of people providing support, a figure well above the New South Wales average. However, the 22.3% of people caring for children unpaid is much lower than in most other areas.
14.6% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 96% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.3% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 87% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 69% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 22.8%
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.
More people have served in the Defence Force in Taree than in most similar areas, with 3.6% of the population having served.
3.6%
Higher than 66% 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 Taree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1033/taree/topic/community