4.7% —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lefroy · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lefroy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Lefroy than in other parts of the country. Only 4.7% of residents do volunteer work, which is a massive gap compared to the 18% seen across Tasmania.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 4.7% of people here volunteer, a figure that is far below the Tasmanian average and among the lowest for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is common, with 17.2% of people providing unpaid care, well above the national figure. While 26.6% of residents provide unpaid childcare, only 10.9% spend 15 or more hours on housework, which is far below the state average.
17.2% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.9% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 10.9%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the 4% seen across Tasmania.
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 Lefroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60326/lefroy/topic/community