22.7% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Elizabeth Town · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Elizabeth Town
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 23% of people in Elizabeth Town volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This reflects a strong trend of community contribution and a high rate of local engagement. The area also sees a significant amount of unpaid housework compared to other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.7% of residents helping out, a figure well above both the Tasmanian average of 18.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 31.3% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—far above the national figure of 20.7%—the proportion of people providing unpaid care for children or others is much lower than most areas.
9.4% ▼ -42.9%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.5% ▼ -34.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.3% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 31.3%
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 little above the national average, 5.0% of Elizabeth Town residents have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
5.0%
Higher than 81% 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 Elizabeth Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60186/elizabeth-town/topic/community