9.8% ▼ -32.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bagdad · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Bagdad
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of Bagdad residents provide unpaid childcare, a rate well above both state and national figures. While family care is common here, other forms of community contribution are less frequent, with volunteering sitting much lower than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.8% of people volunteer their time, which is well below the Tasmanian rate of 18.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common in Bagdad, with 33.3% of people caring for children and 15.6% providing general unpaid care, both much higher than most areas. Additionally, 25.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national average.
15.6% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.3% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.3% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 25.3%
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.
Defence Force service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.5% of the population having served.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Bagdad [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60026/bagdad/topic/community