19.0% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Castle Forbes Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Castle Forbes Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Helping out and caring for others is a big part of daily life in Castle Forbes Bay. About 19% of people volunteer, which is well above the national figure. Residents also take on a high amount of unpaid work and care for others at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 19% of people in Castle Forbes Bay volunteer, a rate that is about the same as the Tasmanian average and well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 34% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 16.3% provide some form of unpaid care, which is well above the national average, only 19% care for children unpaid—a rate well below both the state and national figures.
16.3% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.0% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.0% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 34.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 8% of the population, which is among the highest for similar areas and well above the national figure of 2.8%.
8.0%
Higher than 91% 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 Castle Forbes Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60102/castle-forbes-bay/topic/community