26.3% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Battery Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Battery Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Battery Point are giving their time to the community now than in previous years. This is a highly active area where 26.3% of residents volunteer, a figure far above the national average. While community spirit is high, there is a notably low level of unpaid childcare and housework compared to other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.3% of people helping out. This is much higher than most areas and well above the 18.0% seen across Tasmania.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people perform unpaid childcare (17.6%) or spend 15 or more hours on housework (17.1%) compared to the state and national figures. Unpaid care for others is also lower than most areas at 11.8%.
11.8% ▲ +22.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.6% ▼ -3.2%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.1% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 17.1%
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.
About 3.0% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the Australian figure.
3.0%
Higher than 55% 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 Battery Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60033/battery-point/topic/community