14.5% ▼ -22.4%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Latrobe · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Latrobe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Roughly one in four people in Latrobe provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution here. While many residents help out in various ways, the local volunteer rate has dropped by 4.2 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than across the rest of Tasmania, with 14.5% of people helping out. This figure is about the same as the national average, though it is well below the state figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more common than in most areas, with 13.0% of people providing support. Around 22.0% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is a little above the Australian figure.
13.0% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 22.0%
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.
A much higher share of people in Latrobe have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, sitting at 4.1%. This is slightly above the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Latrobe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/604021087/latrobe/topic/community