16.6% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Latrobe · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Latrobe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Latrobe provide unpaid care for children, making it one of the most common types of community contribution in the area. While many residents support their families and community, the proportion of people volunteering has dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.6% of people volunteer, which is a little above the national figure but a little below the Tasmanian average. This is a decline from 2011, when 20.6% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here; 13.5% of people provide unpaid care, a figure that is much higher than most areas. This sits alongside 24.3% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the national average.
13.5% ▲ +16.5%
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
A higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.1%, this is a little above the Australian figure and about the same as the state average.
4.1%
Higher than 81% 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 Latrobe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA63810/latrobe/topic/community