26.5% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Grassy · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Grassy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 26.5% of people in Grassy volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement stands out in a place where residents are much less likely to perform unpaid care or housework than people in other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.5% of residents helping out. This is well above the 18.0% seen across Tasmania and far above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower than in most areas. Only 6.1% of people provide unpaid care, and 16.3% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below the state and national figures.
6.1% ▼ -57.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.3% ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 16.3%
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 3.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 58% 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 Grassy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60247/grassy/topic/community