2.8% ▼ -90.6%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tomago · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Tomago
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 2.8% of people in Tomago (L) volunteer, which is far below the national figure. Community involvement and unpaid care have both seen sharp declines since 2011. While most participation rates are very low, the area has a higher-than-average number of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Tomago (L) are among the lowest for similar areas and have fallen steeply from 30.1% in 2011 to just 2.8% today.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 11.7% of people caring for children and 8.9% providing other unpaid care. This is consistent with a drop in those doing 15 or more hours of housework, which fell to 17.4%.
8.9% ▼ -24.8%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.7% ▼ -68.3%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.0%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.4% ▼ -33.1%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 17.4%
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.
A little more than the state and national figures, 4.1% of the people here have served in the Defence Force.
4.1%
Higher than 62% 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 Tomago [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122133/tomago/topic/community