14.5% ▼ -21.7%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Quoiba - Spreyton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Quoiba - Spreyton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual provide unpaid care in Quoiba - Spreyton, though this is balanced by a volunteering rate that has dropped over the last decade. While 27.7% of residents look after children without pay, only 14.5% of the population now spends time volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Quoiba - Spreyton has fallen 4.0 percentage points since 2011 to 14.5%. This figure is well below the Tasmanian average of 18.0%, though it remains about the same as the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is common here, with 27.7% of people caring for children and 23.3% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 12.4% provide other unpaid care, a figure that rose 1.1 percentage points since 2011.
12.4% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▼ -18.6%
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -19.1%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 23.3%
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 higher share of people in Quoiba - Spreyton have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.3% of the population having served.
3.3%
Higher than 64% 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 Quoiba - Spreyton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/604021090/quoiba-spreyton/topic/community