13.6% ▼ -24.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dromedary · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dromedary
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual number of residents in Dromedary give their time to others through unpaid care. While 15.9% of people provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure, other forms of community involvement are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less frequent here than in most similar areas. Only 13.6% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the Tasmanian average of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Daily life involves a fair bit of unpaid work, with 24.8% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well above the national figure. Around 26.3% of people care for children unpaid, matching both the state and national averages.
15.9% ▲ +50.4%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.3% ▼ -10.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 24.8%
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 more common in Dromedary than in most similar areas. About 3.9% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
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 Dromedary [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60168/dromedary/topic/community