22.7% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Birralee · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Birralee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people volunteer in Birralee than in most other Australian towns. About 22.7% of residents give their time to others, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This strong spirit of helping out extends to a high rate of people performing significant unpaid housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.7% of the community pitching in. This is well above the 18% seen across Tasmania and significantly higher than the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 30.7% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—only 9.3% provide unpaid care to others, which is much lower than most areas.
9.3% ▼ -19.1%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.7% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 30.7%
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.
Service to the country is more frequent here than in most places, with 4.8% of people having served in the Defence Force, a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.8%
Higher than 78% 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 Birralee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60047/birralee/topic/community