14.6% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hastings · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hastings
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than half of the people in Hastings spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure far above the national average. This high level of home-based work defines community life here, even though volunteering rates are lower than in other parts of Tasmania.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%. This is roughly the same as the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here; 52.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the 20.7% national figure. This is consistent with the fact that 35.4% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the Australian average of 26.3%.
12.5% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.4% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
52.1% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 58.1%
- 2021: 52.1%
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 one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is lower than most areas and well below the 4.0% seen across Tasmania.
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 Hastings [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60262/hastings/topic/community