15.4% ▼ -54.8%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lake Tabourie · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Lake Tabourie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 7% of people in Lake Tabourie have served in the Defence Force, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. While many residents contribute through unpaid care, the number of local volunteers has dropped sharply over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 15.4% of the community volunteers, a figure that is a little above the national rate but has fallen by 19 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.7% of people providing care and 25% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the state and national figures. However, the 22.4% who provide unpaid childcare is well below the Australian average.
14.7% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
The 6.8% of residents who served in the Defence Force is well above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
6.8%
Higher than 91% 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 Lake Tabourie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121064/lake-tabourie/topic/community