13.1% ▼ -33.0%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tablelands · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Tablelands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Tablelands spend their spare time on unpaid work or community activities compared to other areas. This is most clear in childcare, where only 16.6% of people provide unpaid care for children, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped significantly in the area, falling 6.4 percentage points since 2011. Now, 13.1% of residents volunteer, which is a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid domestic work has also declined, with only 18.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is lower than most areas, and the number of people providing general unpaid care has stayed steady at 9.4% since 2011.
9.4% ▲ +0.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.6% ▼ -22.1%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.9% ▼ -23.7%
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 18.9%
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.
About 2.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.5%
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Tablelands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/315011400/tablelands/topic/community