27.0% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Koonya · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Koonya
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of residents in Koonya volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure. This community shows a high level of unpaid contribution, with many people providing care and support to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.0% of people helping out, a rate well above the 18.0% seen across Tasmania.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life in Koonya, where 21.3% of people provide such support, well above the national figure of 11.9%. While 33.6% do plenty of unpaid housework, the proportion of people caring for children is far below the Tasmanian average at just 13.1%.
21.3% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.1% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.6% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 33.6%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most similar areas and well below the state rate of 4.0%.
0.0%
Lower 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 Koonya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60309/koonya/topic/community