23.8% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Deep Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Deep Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost a quarter of people in Deep Bay volunteer, making it a highly active community. This level of participation is well above both the state and national figures, with 23.8% of residents giving their time to help others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 23.8%, the proportion of volunteers is higher than most similar areas and well above the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.2% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure—far fewer residents provide unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country.
13.2% ▲ +38.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.6% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.2% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 27.2%
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.
Defence service is common here, with 7.8% of people having served, a rate that is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
7.8%
Higher than 91% 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 Deep Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60147/deep-bay/topic/community