14.5% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kings Meadows · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kings Meadows
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A larger share of people provide unpaid childcare in Kings Meadows than in the rest of Tasmania. While 27.8% of residents care for children without pay, the area sees far fewer volunteers than other similar Tasmanian regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here, with 14.5% of people helping out. This is well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%, though it is about the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people look after children unpaid here than in most areas, reaching 27.8%. Other types of unpaid work are more typical, with 12.8% providing general unpaid care and 20.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework.
12.8% ▲ +18.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 20.1%
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.
Defence service is more common in Kings Meadows than in most similar areas, with 3.5% of residents having served. This is about the same as the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Kings Meadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60306/kings-meadows/topic/community