22.6% ▼ -30.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Adventure Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Adventure Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high 22.6% of people in Adventure Bay volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This community is active in supporting others, though there are very few people providing unpaid childcare compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.6% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 18.0% seen across Tasmania.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of local life; 17.9% of people provide care and 31.1% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above the national figures. In contrast, only 12.3% care for children unpaid, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
17.9% ▲ +34.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.3% ▼ -48.7%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.1% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 31.1%
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 in Adventure Bay than in most areas, with 4.8% of people having served. This is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.8%
Higher than 79% 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 Adventure Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60007/adventure-bay/topic/community