21.8% ▼ -19.4%
Higher than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
7190, TAS · Postcode
Community Participation in 7190, TAS
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than seven percentage points more people volunteer in postcode 7190 than the national figure. This area shows a strong commitment to community work, though the share of volunteers has fallen from 27.1% in 2011 to 21.8% recently.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 21.8%, the share of volunteers is higher than most areas and well above the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country, 27.6% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 13.2% provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the state average.
13.2% ▲ +18.1%
Higher than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.9% ▼ -21.1%
Lower than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.6% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 85% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 27.6%
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.
The share of people who served in the Defence Force is 5.2%, a figure that is much higher than most areas and a little above the national average of 2.8%.
5.2%
Higher than 89% 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 7190, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7190/7190-tas/topic/community