22.2% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tasman · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Tasman
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Tasman volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This community is highly active in unpaid work and service, though the number of people caring for children has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.2% of residents are volunteers, a rate that is well above both the state and national figures and has barely changed over the last decade.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 17.0% of people providing care and 27.4% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above the national average. However, the 16.1% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Australian figure.
17.0% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.1% ▼ -37.3%
Lower than 92% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.4% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 27.4%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 4.5% of the population having served, which is a little above the national figure.
4.5%
Higher than 87% 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 Tasman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA65210/tasman/topic/community