12.0% ▼ -37.8%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Taree · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Taree
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Taree provide unpaid childcare, though this is well below the national figure of 26.3%. The area has seen a sharp drop in community volunteering over the last decade, while the number of people providing general unpaid care has climbed.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen significantly since 2011, with only 12.0% of residents now volunteering. This is much lower than most similar areas and sits slightly below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 14.5% of people provide unpaid care, which is higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 11.9%. Meanwhile, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework (21.5%) and those caring for children (21.4%) have both decreased since 2011.
14.5% ▲ +25.2%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.4% ▼ -19.8%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -19.7%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 21.5%
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.
About 3.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the New South Wales average of 2.3% and sits around the middle compared to similar areas.
3.7%
Higher than 53% 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 Taree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113016/taree/topic/community