30.9% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Great Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Great Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive gap exists between Great Bay and the rest of the country when it comes to giving back to the community. This area is far more active than most, with 30.9% of people volunteering—a figure that is far above the national rate of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 30.9% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most areas and far above the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 41.2% of people caring for children and 35.3% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are far above the national average. In contrast, no one in the area provides other types of unpaid care, which is far below the 11.9% national figure.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
41.2% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 41.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.3% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 35.3%
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.
No residents have served in the Defence Force, a result that is lower than most areas and well below the Tasmanian rate of 4.0%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Great Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60250/great-bay/topic/community