15.2% ▲ +50.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Highclere · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Highclere
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much more unpaid care work is done in Highclere than in most similar areas, with 16.2% of people providing unpaid support to others. This community takes on a heavy load of home-based care, which is well above both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is a little lower than in Tasmania, with 15.2% of people giving their time. This is slightly above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Household duties are common here, as 26.3% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, well above the national figure. This high level of home work is consistent with the 27.3% of residents who provide unpaid childcare.
16.2% ▲ +65.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▲ +23.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▼ -15.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 26.3%
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.
About 3.0% of people in Highclere have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for its level and about the same as the rates for Tasmania and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Highclere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60272/highclere/topic/community