15.5% ▼ -21.6%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Beauty Point - Beaconsfield · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Beauty Point - Beaconsfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people look after children unpaid in Beauty Point - Beaconsfield compared to the rest of the state. While 15.5% of residents volunteer, this is a drop from 19.7% in 2011. The area stands out for its high proportion of people doing significant housework and its strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.5% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% but slightly below Tasmania's 18.0%. This is a decline from 2011, when 19.7% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 18.6% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the 26.3% national average. In contrast, 26.2% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, a figure well above the national rate of 20.7%.
12.6% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.6% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 26.2%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most other areas, with 5.8% of people having served. This is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
5.8%
Higher than 91% 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 Beauty Point - Beaconsfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602021053/beauty-point-beaconsfield/topic/community