16.0% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Buckland · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Buckland
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of unpaid domestic work define the community of Buckland. While volunteering is slightly lower than in most similar areas, a significant portion of the population spends a large amount of time managing homes and caring for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16% of people here volunteer, which is a little below the Tasmanian figure of 18% but slightly higher than the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 29.5% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This sits alongside a higher than usual 14.7% of residents who provide unpaid care, while a quarter of the population cares for children unpaid.
14.7% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.5% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 29.5%
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.
Around 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the national figure and a little below the state average of 4%.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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 Buckland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60082/buckland/topic/community