33.7% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fern Tree · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fern Tree
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 33.7% of people in Fern Tree volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community spirit is seen across several activities, including unpaid care and military service. It is a place where residents contribute much more of their own time to others than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 33.7% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 18% seen across Tasmania and 14.1% for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much higher than in most areas, with 32.1% of people caring for children. This is well above the national figure of 26.3%, while 15.3% provide other types of unpaid care.
15.3% ▲ +25.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.1% ▲ +0.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 24.1%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas. About 4.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Fern Tree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60199/fern-tree/topic/community