15.4% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Devonport · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Devonport
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Devonport provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution here. While many residents contribute through care and service, the area has a slightly lower rate of volunteering than other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.4% of people in Devonport volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% but a little below the Tasmanian average of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 24.4% of people caring for children and 13.3% providing general unpaid care, a figure a little above the Australian average of 11.9%. Meanwhile, 20.5% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is lower than most areas.
13.3% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.5% ▼ -16.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 20.5%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is more common here than in most areas, with 3.9% of residents having served. This is a little above the national figure of 2.8% and about the same as the state average.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Devonport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60156/devonport/topic/community