19.9% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Greens Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Greens Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Greens Beach has evolved over the last decade, with 19.9% of residents now volunteering their time. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. The area is also notable for having a high proportion of former defence force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.9% of people in Greens Beach volunteer, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and well above the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 10.2% of people provide unpaid care—a little below the national figure—the area has a far above average 31.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework. This stands in contrast to those caring for children, which is far below the national rate at 15.0%.
10.2% ▼ -19.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.0% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.9% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 31.9%
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 high 7.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
7.7%
Higher than 91% 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 Greens Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60251/greens-beach/topic/community