15.2% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Crayfish Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Crayfish Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people have served in the Defence Force in Crayfish Creek than in the rest of the country. This is a small area where 12.7% of residents are veterans, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.2% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the Australian figure but a little below the Tasmanian rate of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 4.5% of people provide unpaid childcare—far below the state and national figures—a higher than usual 27.3% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
10.6% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
4.5% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 27.3%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is among the highest for similar areas, sitting at 12.7% compared to just 2.8% nationally.
12.7%
Higher 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 Crayfish Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60137/crayfish-creek/topic/community