8.3% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Chasm Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Chasm Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 40% of people do significant unpaid housework in Chasm Creek, marking it as one of the highest areas for this activity. While home-based work is common, other forms of community involvement like volunteering and defence service are very low.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.3% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 18.8% of people provide unpaid care, and 39.6% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both far above national figures. In contrast, the 10.4% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
18.8% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.4% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
39.6% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 39.6%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, a result that is lower than most areas and well below the 4.0% seen across Tasmania.
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 Chasm Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60109/chasm-creek/topic/community