16.1% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tapitallee · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Tapitallee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have dropped since 2011 in Tapitallee (L), but unpaid care work remains a significant part of local life. While the proportion of people volunteering fell to 16.1%, the area sees much higher levels of unpaid caregiving and housework than most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.1% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and well above New South Wales. This is a decline from 2011, when 22.9% of people volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 31.5% of people caring for children, a figure well above the national average. Similarly, 28.6% do over 15 hours of housework a week, and 15.2% provide unpaid care, both of which are much higher than in most areas.
15.2% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.5% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 28.6%
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 high proportion of the community has a history of military service, with 7.7% having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
7.7%
Higher than 96% 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 Tapitallee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122126/tapitallee/topic/community