16.2% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Launceston · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Launceston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Launceston involves a mix of community support and service, with 16.2% of people volunteering. This level of participation is a little above the national figure, though it has fallen by 1.5 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of residents volunteer their time, which is around the middle for similar areas and a little below the Tasmania figure of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 12.3% of people providing care and 25.1% caring for children unpaid. Meanwhile, 20.0% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is lower than most areas.
12.3% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.1% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 20.0%
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.
A higher than usual 3.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
3.4%
Higher than 65% 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 Launceston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA64010/launceston/topic/community