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Apollo Bay · Suburb / Locality

Community Participation in Apollo Bay

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

Far fewer people volunteer in Apollo Bay compared to most similar areas. While community service is low, there is a very high rate of people providing unpaid care for others, with 18.8% of residents in this role.

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📍 Apollo Bay, Suburb / Locality

Where Apollo Bay sits — Volunteers

12.5% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Apollo Bay — lower than 78% of areas.

Apollo Bay12.5%
7150, TAS 23.4%
Tasmania 18.0%
Australia 14.1%

Participation

Volunteering for organisations and groups.

Only 12.5% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%.

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12.5% —

Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.

Unpaid care & work

Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.

Unpaid care is very common, with 31.3% of people caring for children—well above the national figure of 26.3%. However, the 18.8% of people doing at least 15 hours of housework is much lower than in most areas.

Defence service

People who served in the Australian Defence Force.

No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and well below the state average of 4.0%.

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 Apollo Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60017/apollo-bay/topic/community