25.3% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coningham · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coningham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Coningham, where over a quarter of residents volunteer. This community is far more active in unpaid work and care than the national average, with high rates of people supporting their families and local groups.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25.3% of people in Coningham volunteer, a figure that is far above the Australian average of 14.1% and well above the Tasmanian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family support is very high here, with 38.6% of people caring for children unpaid, which is far above the national figure. This is consistent with other high rates of unpaid work, including 30.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 17.7% providing general unpaid care.
17.7% ▲ +81.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.6% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.0%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.9% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 30.9%
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.
Only 1.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
1.2%
Lower than 66% 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 Coningham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60124/coningham/topic/community