20.5% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Christmas Hills · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Christmas Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people volunteer here than in most other areas, with 20.5% of Christmas Hills residents giving their time. This level of community involvement stands well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in five people volunteer, which is a little above the Tasmanian average of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26.8% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure—only 7.1% provide unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas. Around 25% of residents care for children unpaid, a rate similar to the state and national figures.
7.1% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 26.8%
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 figure that is well below the Tasmania average of 4.0%.
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 Christmas Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60111/christmas-hills/topic/community