20.3% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ellendale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ellendale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Ellendale volunteer their time, a rate that has risen since 2011. This community is more active in local service and unpaid work than most other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.3% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 26.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above both state and national figures. While 27.2% provide unpaid childcare, the 11.6% who provide other unpaid care is a little below the state average.
11.6% ▼ -22.7%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 26.7%
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 striking 8.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas and well above the national average of 2.8%.
8.6%
Higher than 93% 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 Ellendale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60187/ellendale/topic/community