16.5% ▼ -21.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Crabtree · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Crabtree
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of residents in Crabtree provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This level of family support defines the local community, though other forms of volunteering and service remain more moderate.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.5% of people here volunteer, which is a little below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% but slightly higher than the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 35.5% of people caring for children and 27.7% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above national figures. However, only 9.9% provide other unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
9.9% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.5% ▲ +18.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.7% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 27.7%
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.
A higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 6.3% of residents having served, well above the 2.8% national figure.
6.3%
Higher than 87% 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 Crabtree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60132/crabtree/topic/community