14.6% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Prospect Vale - Blackstone · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Prospect Vale - Blackstone
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 25.9% of people in Prospect Vale - Blackstone provide unpaid childcare, which is the most common form of community contribution here. This figure is about the same as the state and national averages. Most other forms of local participation follow similar national patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is steady at 14.6%, which is about the same as the Australian figure. However, this is well below the 18.0% seen across Tasmania.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care of children and housework have both fallen since 2011, though 20.3% of residents still spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. Meanwhile, the share of people providing general unpaid care rose slightly to 12.4%.
12.4% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 20.3%
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 much higher share of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.1% of the population having served.
4.1%
Higher than 78% 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 Prospect Vale - Blackstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602011044/prospect-vale-blackstone/topic/community