23.4% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dairy Plains · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dairy Plains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of residents in Dairy Plains volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This community shows a strong tendency toward unpaid work, whether through local volunteering or caring for family.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.4% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% figure for Australia and higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 29.8% of people caring for children and 25.5% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both figures well above the national average. However, the 8.5% of people providing other unpaid care is much lower than in most areas.
8.5% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.8% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 25.5%
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, which is well below the 4.0% seen across Tasmania.
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 Dairy Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60144/dairy-plains/topic/community