25.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Erriba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Erriba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines Erriba, where local contributions have remained high. A quarter of the population now volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25% of people giving their time. This is well above the 18% seen across Tasmania and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here do unpaid work than in most areas, with 33.3% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework. While 30.6% care for children unpaid, only 8.3% provide general unpaid care, which is well below the national figure.
8.3% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.6% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.3% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 33.3%
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.
No one in Erriba has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and well below the state average of 4%.
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 Erriba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60192/erriba/topic/community