13.2% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tamborine · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Tamborine
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define the community in Tamborine (L). While volunteering is common, the standout feature here is the high number of residents looking after children and managing home duties compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.2% of people volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 27.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend is mirrored in caregiving, as 29.1% look after children unpaid and 14.7% provide other unpaid care, both of which are higher than the national average.
14.7% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% ▲ +39.8%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 27.1%
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 much more common here than in most similar areas, with 6.0% of residents having served, well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.0%
Higher 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 Tamborine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321098/tamborine/topic/community