27.3% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Badger Head · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Badger Head
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Badger Head volunteer, making it a place where community involvement is far more common than in most of the country. This high level of local contribution is paired with a strong commitment to unpaid home and care work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.3% of residents giving their time. This is well above the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and far above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Household work is a major part of life for 30.9% of residents, which is far above the Australian figure of 20.7%. Other care roles are more typical, with 12.7% providing unpaid care and 23.6% caring for children, both of which are a little below the national average.
12.7% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.9% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 30.9%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is well below the state figure of 4.0% and a little below the national average of 2.8%.
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 Badger Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60025/badger-head/topic/community