46.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Barnes Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Barnes Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 46.4% of people volunteer in Barnes Bay, a figure far above the national average. This community is much more active in unpaid work and service than most other areas in Tasmania and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly half the population volunteers here, which is far above the 18.0% seen across Tasmania and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While no one here provides unpaid childcare, a huge 60.7% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly. This is far above the national figure of 20.7%, and 25.0% of people provide other forms of unpaid care.
25.0% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
60.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 60.7%
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 14.8% of the population, which is far above the 4.0% average for Tasmania.
14.8%
Higher 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 Barnes Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60030/barnes-bay/topic/community