15.3% ▼ -24.1%
Lower than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Central Highlands · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Central Highlands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher levels of military service set Central Highlands (Tas.) apart from most similar areas. While 5.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, the number of people volunteering in the community has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.3% of people volunteer, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%. This is a decline from 2011, when 20.2% of the population volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in most areas, at 20.3%, which is well below the national figure. However, 23.4% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a rate a little above both the state and national averages.
11.5% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.3% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 23.4%
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.
A total of 5.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, placing the area among the highest for this at its level. This is a little above the 4.0% seen across Tasmania and the 2.8% average for Australia.
5.3%
Higher than 93% 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 Central Highlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA61010/central-highlands/topic/community