12.5% ▼ -42.2%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Karoola · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Karoola
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement has shifted in Karoola over the last decade, though participation remains low in several areas. Only 12.5% of people volunteer, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 18%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas, with only 12.5% of residents giving their time. This is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.4% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above both the state and national figures. In contrast, the 8.8% of people providing unpaid care is much lower than in most other areas.
8.8% ▼ -28.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% ▼ -23.9%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.4% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 26.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.4% of the population. This is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8% and a little below the state average of 4%.
2.4%
Lower than 55% 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 Karoola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60297/karoola/topic/community