13.7% ▼ -15.9%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tingha · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Tingha
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Tingha than in most other similar areas. While 15.8% of the community looks after others without pay, this is well above the national figure of 11.9%. This trend toward caregiving stands out against other forms of community work in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.7% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most areas. This is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia, though the rate has fallen by 2.6 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for others is common, yet the number of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure at 21.8%. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of housework are much lower than most areas at 19.5%.
15.8% ▲ +25.7%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.8% ▼ -38.7%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▼ -22.5%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 19.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.6% of the population. This is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 89% 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 Tingha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122132/tingha/topic/community