18.3% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Meander Valley · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Meander Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Meander Valley is marked by a strong commitment to helping others, with more people volunteering and providing unpaid care than in the typical Australian town. While 18.3% of residents volunteer, the area also sees a higher-than-average number of people taking on significant unpaid housework and care duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.3% of people here volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1% and similar to the rest of Tasmania. However, this rate has fallen by 2.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 23.7% of people doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, which is well above the Australian average. This sits alongside a rise in people providing unpaid care, which reached 13.0% in 2021.
13.0% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 23.7%
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 much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most other areas, with 4.0% of the population being veterans.
4.0%
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 Meander Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA64210/meander-valley/topic/community