15.8% ▼ -19.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Electrona · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Electrona
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of residents in Electrona provide unpaid childcare, with 37% of people stepping into this role. This level of family support stands out as the most striking feature of the area's community activity, sitting far above both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are a little lower than the Tasmania average at 15.8%, though this is a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is far more common here than in the rest of the state, with 37% of people providing this care. This contrasts with other forms of support, as the 9.5% of people providing general unpaid care is much lower than most areas.
9.5% ▼ -21.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.0% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 43.1%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 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 more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.6% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Electrona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60185/electrona/topic/community