16.0% ▲ —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cape Barren Island · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cape Barren Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement on Cape Barren Island remains modest, though it is more common for residents here to perform unpaid care compared to the national average. About 16% of the population volunteer, which is slightly higher than the figure for Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are lower than in most other areas, sitting at 16%. This is a little below the Tasmanian figure of 18%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14% of people providing care and 26% doing over 15 hours of housework, both of which are well above national figures. However, those caring for children unpaid are well below the Australian average at 20%.
14.0% ▲ +78.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% ▲ +240.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 26.0%
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 this area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Tasmanian average of 4%.
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 Cape Barren Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60095/cape-barren-island/topic/community