23.8% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 76% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
7024, TAS · Postcode
Community Participation in 7024, TAS
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 10 percentage points more people volunteer in postcode 7024 than across Australia. This community is exceptionally active, with high rates of unpaid care and a strong history of military service. The tendency to help out others has only grown over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.8% of residents giving their time. This is well above the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and has risen by 2.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent, especially for children, where 40.8% of people provide care—a figure far above the national rate of 26.3%. Other forms of support are also high, with 15.6% providing unpaid care and 24.6% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework.
15.6% ▲ +29.7%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.8% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 39.5%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 63% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 24.6%
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 residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.1%, this is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8% and about the same as the state average.
4.1%
Higher than 78% of postcode 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 7024, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7024/7024-tas/topic/community