18.5% ▼ -40.1%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Telegraph Point · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Telegraph Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the state and national figures, 18.5% of people in Telegraph Point volunteer their time. While this is a high rate compared to others, the number of volunteers has fallen by 12 percentage points since 2011. This area sees significant levels of unpaid work and care across the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.5% of residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 16.7% of people providing care—much higher than most areas. This includes 28% of people caring for children, which is a little above the national figure of 26.3%.
16.7% ▲ +18.2%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.0% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▼ -18.9%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 24.4%
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 uncommon in the area, with 1.8% of people having served, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas.
1.8%
Lower than 88% 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 Telegraph Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122130/telegraph-point/topic/community