18.0% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tjuntjuntjara · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Tjuntjuntjara
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
High levels of unpaid care define daily life in Tjuntjuntjara, where 30% of people provide unpaid care to others. This is far above the national figure, reflecting a community where looking after family and neighbours is a primary focus.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18% of people here volunteer, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. This figure has fallen slightly since 2011, when it sat at 19.7%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 36% of people caring for children, which is well above the national figure. While those providing general unpaid care rose sharply to 30% since 2011, the share of people doing 15 or more hours of housework fell to 12%.
30.0% ▲ +593.3%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.0% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.4%
- 2016: 56.4%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.0% ▼ -40.0%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 12.0%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Tjuntjuntjara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522060/tjuntjuntjara/topic/community