64.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Detention · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Detention
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 64.3% of people volunteer in Detention, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community involvement is matched by a very strong trend of people providing unpaid care for others and their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is exceptionally common here, with 64.3% of residents giving their time, which is 50 percentage points higher than the Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 60.7% of people caring for children and 39.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly—both far above the state and national figures. Overall, 17.9% provide unpaid care, which is well above the national rate.
17.9% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
60.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
39.3% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
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, a rate that is lower than most areas and well below the Tasmanian average.
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 Detention [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60153/detention/topic/community