15.9% ▼ -14.2%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tumbulgum · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Tumbulgum
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Tumbulgum than in most other areas. This is most visible among those looking after children, with 32.4% of residents doing so, which is well above the national figure. While community spirit remains, the proportion of people volunteering has dipped slightly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.9% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This is a slight drop from 2011, when 18.5% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.5% of people providing care, a figure well above the Australian average. This is especially true for childcare, where 32.4% of residents provide unpaid help, though the share of people doing 15 or more hours of housework has fallen since 2011.
15.5% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.4% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -34.2%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 21.4%
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 small number of residents, 2.3%, have served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than most areas, though it is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.3%
Lower than 82% 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 Tumbulgum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122141/tumbulgum/topic/community