17.3% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Four Mile Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Four Mile Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Four Mile Creek has remained steady, with a strong tradition of housework and volunteering. About 17% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.3% of people helping out. This is about the same as the Tasmanian figure and well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A far higher proportion of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework (36.5%) compared to the national figure of 20.7%. However, people caring for children unpaid are far below the state and national averages at 15.4%.
10.6% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.4% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.5% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 36.5%
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.
About 3.0% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Four Mile Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60213/four-mile-creek/topic/community