14.4% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Austins Ferry · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Austins Ferry
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of unpaid care define Austins Ferry compared to most similar areas. While volunteering is less common here than in other parts of the state, the community has a notably strong presence of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 14.4% of people volunteer their time, which is lower than most areas and well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%. This is about the same as the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people provide unpaid care here than in most areas, with 14.2% doing so. This includes 28.6% of people caring for children unpaid, which is a little above both the state and national figures.
14.2% ▲ +33.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.6% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 21.4%
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.
A much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas, at 4.7%. This is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Austins Ferry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60022/austins-ferry/topic/community