14.9% ▼ -31.9%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lachlan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lachlan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Lachlan provide unpaid childcare, which is a higher rate than most similar areas. This high level of home-based care is a standout feature for the community, alongside a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.9% of residents volunteer, which is about the same as the national figure but well below the Tasmanian average of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 27.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with a higher rate of people providing unpaid care for others (14.0%) and children (28.9%) compared to both the state and the nation.
14.0% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.9% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.5% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 27.5%
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 very common in Lachlan, where 7.4% of people have served, a figure that is well above the 4.0% seen across Tasmania.
7.4%
Higher than 90% 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 Lachlan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60310/lachlan/topic/community