20.3% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Blessington · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Blessington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Blessington volunteer than in most similar areas, with 20.3% of residents giving their time. This high level of community involvement stands out against both the state and national figures. While volunteering is common, other forms of unpaid care and service are less frequent here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.3% of people volunteer, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A huge 42.0% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 26.1% provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the rest of the country, only 7.2% provide other types of unpaid care, a figure well below the state and national levels.
7.2% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
42.0% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 42.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 4.0% and a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower 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 Blessington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60055/blessington/topic/community