16.9% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Avoca · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Avoca
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 4% of people in Avoca have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than in most other areas. The community shows a strong commitment to service, with volunteering rates slightly above the national figure. However, far fewer people here provide unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.9% of residents volunteer, a figure that is a little above the Australian average but slightly lower than the Tasmanian state rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care in Avoca is split; while 14.5% of people provide general unpaid care—higher than most areas—the number of people doing unpaid housework or caring for children is well below both state and national levels.
14.5% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.7% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.9% ▼ -27.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 16.9%
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.
Defence service is common here, with 4.3% of the population having served, which is a little above the national figure and about the same as the state average.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Avoca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60023/avoca/topic/community