14.5% ▼ -38.7%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cressy · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cressy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Cressy is shaped by a strong focus on family, with 28.5% of people caring for children without pay. While child care is common, other forms of community involvement and service are generally lower than in other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of people volunteer here. This is well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%, though it is about the same as the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for children is more common here than in most areas, at 28.5%. In contrast, the 11.4% of people providing unpaid care is a little below the state figure.
11.4% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.5% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 22.2%
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 1.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the 4.0% seen across Tasmania.
1.8%
Lower than 60% 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 Cressy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60139/cressy/topic/community