14.4% ▼ -21.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hamilton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hamilton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of veterans and unpaid carers now live in Hamilton. While volunteer rates are lower than across the state, the community is marked by a strong commitment to providing unpaid care and support for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 14.4% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 16.4% of people providing care—well above the national figure of 11.9%. While those caring for children are a little below the national average, 23.9% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the Australian figure.
16.4% ▲ +40.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.4% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 23.9%
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.
Defence service is much more common in Hamilton than in most similar areas, with 6.0% of residents having served, a figure well above the national average of 2.8%.
6.0%
Higher than 87% 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 Hamilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60259/hamilton/topic/community