16.4% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Elderslie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Elderslie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high number of residents in Elderslie pitch in to help others through unpaid care and military service. While volunteering is common, the most striking feature of the area is how many people provide unpaid support to those in need.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.4% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the national figure but slightly lower than the state average for Tasmania.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 20.1% of people providing support, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This is despite the fact that those caring for children unpaid (20.9%) are well below the national average.
20.1% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.9% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 24.6%
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.
Military service is much more common here than elsewhere, with 7.3% of people having served in the Defence Force, which is well above the state and national figures.
7.3%
Higher than 90% 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).
More for Elderslie
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Elderslie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60184/elderslie/topic/community