37.7% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 38.9%
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Flinders · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Flinders
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 38% of people in Flinders volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This level of community involvement is among the highest for similar areas, though the number of volunteers has fallen slightly since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 37.7% of the population volunteers, which is 20 percentage points higher than the figure for Tasmania and 24 points above the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.1% of people providing care and 28.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both figures well above the national average. Conversely, the 18.8% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
15.1% ▲ +48.3%
Higher than 97% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.8% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.8% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 28.8%
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 3.1% of the community has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is about the same as the national and state figures.
3.1%
Higher than 55% 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 Flinders [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA62010/flinders/topic/community