23.3% ▲ +64.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Garden Island Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Garden Island Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering define Garden Island Creek compared to most similar areas. Nearly a quarter of residents give their time to help others, reflecting a community that is far more active in volunteer work than the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.3% of people volunteer here, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is more common here than in most areas, with 27.9% of people providing this care. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (20.9%) and those providing other unpaid care (11.2%) are both a little below state levels.
11.2% ▼ -34.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.9% ▲ +23.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 20.9%
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.
Around 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the national average and a little below the Tasmanian figure of 4.0%.
2.3%
Lower 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 Garden Island Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60220/garden-island-creek/topic/community