11.6% ▼ -15.8%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
East Devonport · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in East Devonport
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in East Devonport has shifted over the last decade, though volunteering levels remain low. Only 11.6% of people here volunteer, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%. This suggests a trend of lower formal community participation compared to both the state and the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower than in most similar areas, with only 11.6% of residents taking part. This is a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure, with only 20.3% of people providing this support. Meanwhile, 12.6% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as across Tasmania.
12.6% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.3% ▼ -25.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 19.4%
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.
A higher share of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas. At 3.8%, this is about the same as the Tasmanian rate of 4.0% and slightly above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.8%
Higher than 68% 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 East Devonport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60176/east-devonport/topic/community