14.1% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hayes · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hayes
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in ten residents in Hayes have served in the Defence Force, which is far higher than in most other areas. While volunteering rates are lower than the state average, a large number of people here dedicate their time to unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.1% of people volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the national average but well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 22.8% of people providing care—far above the national figure of 11.9%. This is consistent with 25% of residents doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above both the state and national averages.
22.8% ▲ +96.0%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.8% ▲ +9.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
A striking 12.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a rate well above the 4.0% seen across Tasmania and the 2.8% national figure.
12.8%
Higher 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 Hayes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60265/hayes/topic/community