21.0% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fingal · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fingal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering and care work than similar areas make Fingal a community with strong local contributions. About 21% of people here volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21% of residents giving their time, a little above the 18% seen across Tasmania.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life for 15.3% of residents, which is much higher than most areas. While 25.3% of people do 15 or more hours of housework—well above the national figure—only 19.6% provide unpaid childcare, a rate well below the Australian average.
15.3% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.6% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.3% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 25.3%
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 higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.6% of the population having served.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Fingal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60200/fingal/topic/community