26.8% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hawley Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hawley Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people get involved in their community here than in most similar areas, especially through volunteering. In Hawley Beach, 26.8% of residents volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A strong 26.8% of people volunteer here. This is much higher than most areas and well above the 18.0% seen across Tasmania.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 14.4% of people providing care, which is higher than most areas. About 26% look after children unpaid, a figure that is about the same as the national average.
14.4% ▲ +14.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▲ +8.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 23.4%
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.
The rate of people who served in the Defence Force is 4.1%. This is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 73% 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 Hawley Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60264/hawley-beach/topic/community