16.2% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kayena · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kayena
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people do heavy housework in Kayena than in most other areas. While some tasks like unpaid childcare are much less common here, the community shows a strong connection to service with a high number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of people volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% but slightly below the Tasmanian average of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A far higher share of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework (33.3%) compared to the national figure of 20.7%. This sits alongside a much lower rate of people caring for children unpaid, at 16.2%, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
12.3% ▲ +71.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.2% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.3% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 33.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 5.9% of the population, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
5.9%
Higher than 86% 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 Kayena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60298/kayena/topic/community