22.5% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lapoinya · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lapoinya
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Lapoinya volunteer their time, making it a place where community contribution is much more common than in most other areas. This strong spirit of volunteering stands out against both state and national figures. It reflects a community where residents are highly active in local efforts.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22.5% of residents giving their time. This is well above the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.2% of people provide some form of unpaid care, only 19.4% care for children unpaid, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. Those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework sit at 20.9%, roughly the same as the rest of Australia.
13.2% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.4% ▼ -39.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▼ -36.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 20.9%
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.
A higher proportion of people in Lapoinya have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 3.8%, this is a little above the national figure of 2.8% and about the same as the Tasmanian average.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Lapoinya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60319/lapoinya/topic/community