22.8% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lenah Valley - Mount Stuart · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Lenah Valley - Mount Stuart
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 23% of people in Lenah Valley - Mount Stuart give their time to volunteering, making it one of the most active areas for community work in the region. This strong spirit of helping others is a lasting feature of the area, with participation levels remaining steady for over a decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.8% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 18% seen across Tasmania and far higher than the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 29.6% of people caring for children, well above the national rate of 26.3%. While 12.8% provide other forms of unpaid care, the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework fell to 20% since 2011.
12.8% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.6% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 20.0%
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 3.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is higher than in most similar areas.
3.5%
Higher than 67% 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 Lenah Valley - Mount Stuart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/601051028/lenah-valley-mount-stuart/topic/community