30.3% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Birchs Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Birchs Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost half of all adults in Birchs Bay spend 15 hours or more each week on unpaid housework. This high level of domestic work is paired with a very strong spirit of giving, as residents volunteer at much higher rates than people across the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 30.3% of people giving their time. This is far above the 18.0% seen in Tasmania and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.1% provide unpaid care and 23.2% look after children unpaid—a figure well below the Australian average—a huge 45.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is far above both the state and national figures.
13.1% ▲ +22.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.2% ▲ +32.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
45.5% ▲ +79.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 45.5%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 6.7% of the population. This is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.7%
Higher than 88% 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 Birchs Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60046/birchs-bay/topic/community