24.7% ▼ -24.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 39.0%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boat Harbour Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boat Harbour Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people get involved in their community in Boat Harbour Beach than in most similar areas. Nearly a quarter of residents volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 24.7% of people helping out, a figure well above the 18% seen across Tasmania.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is high in the area; 32.9% of people care for children, which is well above the national rate of 26.3%. This is alongside 15.1% providing general unpaid care and 24.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
15.1% ▲ +23.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.9% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.7% ▼ -16.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 24.7%
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 4% of the population, which is higher than in most similar areas and a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 Boat Harbour Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60059/boat-harbour-beach/topic/community