19.4% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gunns Plains · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gunns Plains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Gunns Plains is marked by a strong commitment to helping others, with 19.4% of people volunteering. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Residents here contribute more to their community and households than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people volunteer here, which is a little above the Tasmanian rate of 18.0% and well above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While child care rates are typical for the area, 29.0% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure well above both the state and national levels. However, the 11.0% of people providing other unpaid care is lower than in most areas.
11.0% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 29.0%
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.
More people have served in the Defence Force here than in most similar areas, with 3.9% of residents having served, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Gunns Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60256/gunns-plains/topic/community