15.8% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dysart · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dysart
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define Dysart, where 16.7% of people provide unpaid support to others. This is well above the figures for both Tasmania and Australia. While many residents are busy with care and home duties, others contribute through volunteering and military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.8% of people in Dysart volunteer, which is a little above the national figure but lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 24.9% of people doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure. This high level of home duty is consistent with 16.7% of residents providing unpaid care, a rate well above the state and national averages.
16.7% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.8% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.4% of the population, which is a little below the rates seen across Tasmania and Australia.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Dysart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60173/dysart/topic/community