20.4% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ambleside · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ambleside
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have climbed steadily in Ambleside, with 20.4% of residents now giving their time to others. This high level of community spirit is mirrored in the local care data, where residents are much more likely to provide unpaid support to others than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.4% of people here volunteer, which is higher than most areas and well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 18.3% of people providing support—a figure well above the Tasmanian and Australian averages. Meanwhile, around 24.8% of residents care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the state figure.
18.3% ▲ +67.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.8% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -17.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 22.9%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.5% of the population, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Ambleside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60013/ambleside/topic/community