20.2% ▼ -29.9%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Truro · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Truro
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people are volunteering in Truro than they were in 2011, though the local rate remains high. About 20.2% of residents now give their time to others, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in five residents in Truro volunteers, a rate that is higher than most similar areas and well above the 14.1% national average. However, this activity has fallen 8.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 24.8% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure—the proportion of people providing unpaid care is much lower than most areas at 10.9%. About 25.1% of residents provide unpaid child care, which is a little below the state average.
10.9% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.1% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▼ -18.7%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 24.8%
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.
Around 3.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the rates for both South Australia and Australia.
3.6%
Higher than 50% 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 Truro [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422057/truro/topic/community