16.2% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glendevie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glendevie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in ten people in Glendevie have served in the Defence Force, making it an area with a very high rate of veterans. While community support is evident, there are far fewer people caring for children compared to the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of residents volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children (14.7%) and general unpaid care (8.8%) are both well below the national and state figures. However, 27.9% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
8.8% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.7% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.9% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 27.9%
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.
A striking 10.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is well above both the Tasmanian figure of 4.0% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
10.1%
Higher than 96% 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 Glendevie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60230/glendevie/topic/community