20.2% ▼ -50.3%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 40.6%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tambellup · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Tambellup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer in Tambellup than in most similar areas. While 20.2% of the community helps out without pay, this is a significant drop from 2011 when that figure stood at 40.6%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in five people here volunteer, a rate well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national mark of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 16.7% of residents provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. This stands in contrast to childcare, as only 14.9% of people care for children unpaid, a rate far below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
16.7% ▲ +14.0%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.9% ▼ -35.1%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -21.6%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 22.8%
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.
About 3.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
3.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Tambellup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522058/tambellup/topic/community