15.5% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Burnie · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Burnie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Burnie provide unpaid support to others than in most similar areas, reflecting a strong culture of care. While 13.1% of residents provide unpaid care, the number of people volunteering has dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen to 15.5% since 2011, which is lower than most areas. This is a little above the national figure, though it sits slightly below the Tasmanian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.1% of people providing care—a figure that rose since 2011 and is higher than most areas. This includes 26.2% of residents caring for children unpaid and 22.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
13.1% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -15.2%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 22.3%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 3.4%, which is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
3.4%
Higher than 64% of council (lga) 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 Burnie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA60610/burnie/topic/community