19.5% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Exeter · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Exeter
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Exeter volunteer, a rate well above the national figure. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others through both formal volunteering and military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.5% of residents giving their time. This is a little above the Tasmanian figure and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common than in most areas, with 11% of people providing a helping hand. This is a little below the state rate, and slightly fewer people care for children unpaid compared to the national figure.
11.0% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.3% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -23.4%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 22.3%
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.
More people have served in the Defence Force here than in most similar areas, with 3.4% of the population having this experience.
3.4%
Higher than 63% 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 Exeter [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60195/exeter/topic/community