21.3% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gardners Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gardners Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Gardners Bay, where 21.3% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, marking the area as a place where residents are much more likely to give their time to the community than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.3% of residents helping out. This is well above both the Tasmanian rate of 18.0% and the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a significant part of life, as 29.8% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend is consistent with the fact that 14.2% of residents provide unpaid care, a rate a little above the national average.
14.2% ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.1% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.8% ▼ -23.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.8%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 29.8%
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.
Serving in the Defence Force is much more common here than in most areas. At 5.6%, the proportion of veterans is a little above both the Tasmanian (4.0%) and Australian (2.8%) figures.
5.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Gardners Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60221/gardners-bay/topic/community