19.3% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tambo · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Tambo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer in Tambo than in most similar areas, with 19.3% of residents giving their time. While this is well above the national figure, the number of volunteers has fallen since 2011. The area also has a notably high proportion of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost one in five residents volunteers, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia. However, this is a drop from 2011, when 23.4% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people here provide unpaid care compared to most areas. Only 21.9% care for children unpaid, and the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than in most other similar places.
12.4% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.9% ▼ -39.7%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.7% ▼ -26.1%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 19.7%
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 common in Tambo, with 6.8% of people having served. This is among the highest rates for this type of area and is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.8%
Higher than 91% 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 Tambo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322115/tambo/topic/community