22.2% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Temora · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Temora
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 22% of people in Temora volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This makes the area stand out for its high level of community involvement. While volunteering has dipped slightly since 2011, the town remains much more active in this area than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.2% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% national figure and much higher than most other areas. This is a slight drop from 2011, when 25.2% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 13.6% of people provide unpaid care, a figure a little above the national average. This is despite the fact that the number of people doing 15 or more hours of housework fell by 11 points since 2011.
13.6% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% ▲ +15.8%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▼ -32.0%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 22.5%
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.
Defence Force service is slightly more common here than in the rest of the state, with 3.6% of people having served.
3.6%
Higher than 50% 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 Temora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115134/temora/topic/community