17.2% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
7301, TAS · Postcode
Community Participation in 7301, TAS
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in postcode 7301 is marked by a strong tradition of service and community support. While volunteer rates have dipped recently, the area maintains a significantly higher share of former Defence Force members than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.2% of people volunteer here, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This is around the middle for similar areas, though the rate has fallen by 3.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care varies across the area; 23.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is a little above the national figure. Meanwhile, those caring for children unpaid (23.6%) and providing other unpaid care (11.8%) are both lower than most areas.
11.8% ▲ +20.0%
Lower than 63% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 23.1%
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 notable 4.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most other areas and a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.8%
Higher than 86% 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 7301, TAS [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA7301/7301-tas/topic/community