26.5% ▼ -21.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glenorchy · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glenorchy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Glenorchy volunteer, which is far above the national rate. This community is highly active in unpaid work and support, though it has a much lower rate of people caring for children than most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 26.5% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 22.1% of people providing support, which is far above the national figure of 11.9%. However, only 13.3% care for children unpaid, which is much lower than the 26.3% across Australia.
22.1% ▲ +84.6%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.3% ▼ -53.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▼ -43.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 19.5%
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 than usual 3.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 2.0% recorded for Victoria.
3.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality 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 Glenorchy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21041/glenorchy/topic/community