22.4% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Eaglehawk Neck · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Eaglehawk Neck
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of residents in Eaglehawk Neck volunteer their time, making it a place where community involvement is far more common than in most other areas. This spirit of service extends to a strong presence of veterans and those providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 22.4%, the share of volunteers here is well above the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country, 15.4% of residents provide some form of unpaid care. This is alongside a much higher rate of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, at 30.6%.
15.4% ▲ +21.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.3% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.6% ▼ -15.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 30.6%
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.
The area has a strong connection to the military, with 6.8% of people having served in the Defence Force, which is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.8%
Higher than 89% 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 Eaglehawk Neck [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60174/eaglehawk-neck/topic/community