14.5% ▼ -32.4%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Forster - Tuncurry · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Forster - Tuncurry
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Forster - Tuncurry are volunteering or caring for children than they were in 2011. While 14.5% of residents still volunteer, this is a drop of 6.9 percentage points over the decade. The area now sees a much smaller proportion of people providing unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This is lower than most similar areas and represents a 6.9 percentage point fall since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare has seen a sharp decline, with only 17.1% of people providing this care, which is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 13.5% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
13.5% ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 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.
17.1% ▼ -50.1%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 23.0%
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 higher than usual proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 4.4% of residents having served. This is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.4%
Higher than 69% of urban centre 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/ucl/UCL112008/forster-tuncurry/topic/community