24.1% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Burnie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Burnie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher volunteer rates than most similar areas define Burnie, where 24.1% of people give their time to help others. This level of community involvement stands well above both the Tasmanian and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.1% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 18.0% seen across Tasmania and 14.1% for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than in most areas. This includes those caring for children (19.0%), providing general unpaid care (8.5%), and doing 15 or more hours of housework (17.5%), all of which are well below the state and national figures.
8.5% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.0% ▲ +0.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.5% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 17.5%
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 3.1% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Burnie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60084/burnie/topic/community