18.4% ▼ -25.1%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tuross Head · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Tuross Head
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Tuross Head volunteer and provide unpaid care than in most similar areas. While 18.4% of residents volunteer, the area also has a notably high number of former Defence Force members. These figures show a community that is heavily engaged in supporting others and serving their country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.4% of people here volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. However, this is a drop from 2011, when 24.6% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people here provide unpaid childcare, at 12.4%, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Conversely, 28.7% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the Australian average of 20.7%.
14.0% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.4% ▼ -54.7%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.7% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 28.7%
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 service is common here, with 5.4% of people having served. This is much higher than most similar areas and well above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
5.4%
Higher than 83% 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 Tuross Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115142/tuross-head/topic/community