9.2% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Acton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Acton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 9.2% of people in Acton volunteer, which is much lower than most other areas. While community volunteering is rare, a higher proportion of residents provide unpaid care for others. This creates a local dynamic where private care duties are more common than organized community work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very uncommon here, with only 9.2% of residents helping out. This is well below the 18.0% seen in Tasmania and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more frequent than usual, with 14.9% of people providing care and 28.2% looking after children unpaid, both of which are a little above the national average. In contrast, 20.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework, which is lower than most areas.
14.9% ▲ +63.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 20.9%
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.
About 2.9% of people in Acton have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%, though a little below Tasmania's 4.0%.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Acton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60005/acton/topic/community