0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Arthur River · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Arthur River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost half of residents in Arthur River provide unpaid childcare, marking a stark contrast to the rest of the state. While domestic duties are common here, very few people participate in formal volunteering or have served in the military.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
No residents in Arthur River reported volunteering, a figure that is far below both the Tasmanian rate of 18% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 46.2% of people caring for children and 42.3% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework. These figures are far above the state and national averages. Additionally, 19.2% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is well above the 11.9% typical for Australia.
19.2% ▲ +72.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
46.2% ▲ +69.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 46.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
42.3% ▲ +62.6%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 42.3%
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 0.0% of the population, which is lower than most areas and well below the Tasmania figure of 4%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Arthur River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60020/arthur-river/topic/community