23.0% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Deloraine · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Deloraine
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Deloraine volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This strong spirit of community service is a key feature of the area, where residents are more likely to give their time than people in most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 18% seen across Tasmania and far higher than the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower here than in most areas, at 22.3%. However, a little more people do 15 or more hours of housework compared to the national figure of 20.7%.
13.5% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.3% ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▼ -12.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 24.9%
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 much higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas, with 4.3% of the population having served.
4.3%
Higher than 75% 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 Deloraine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60148/deloraine/topic/community