22.5% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glen Huon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glen Huon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 37% of people in Glen Huon provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above both the state and national averages. This high rate of family care is part of a broader trend of community involvement and unpaid work across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.5% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 18% seen across Tasmania and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent in the area. Beyond the high rate of childcare, 30.5% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, and 15.9% provide other forms of unpaid care, both of which are much higher than in most areas.
15.9% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.9% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.5% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 30.5%
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 3.6% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is higher than in most similar areas, though it is about the same as the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Glen Huon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60229/glen-huon/topic/community