18.2% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Edith Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Edith Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Edith Creek provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the national figure. This high level of family care happens alongside a strong volunteering rate that is well above the Australian average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.2% of residents volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and roughly the same as the Tasmanian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.4% of people provide unpaid childcare—higher than most areas—the proportions of people doing 15 or more hours of housework (20.5%) or providing general unpaid care (11.4%) are both lower than most areas.
11.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.5% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.1%
- 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.
No one in Edith Creek has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Tasmanian average.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Edith Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60181/edith-creek/topic/community