21.8% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lenah Valley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lenah Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Lenah Valley volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This community is marked by a high level of unpaid activity, particularly in caring for children and volunteering. These figures show a population that is much more active in supporting others than people in most other Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 21.8% of people helping out. This is well above the 18% seen across Tasmania and far exceeds the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for children is a major focus, with 30.8% of residents doing so unpaid, a figure well above the national average. However, only 20% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, which is much lower than most other areas.
12.8% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.8% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% ▼ -12.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
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 than usual proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 3.5% of residents having done so. This is about the same as the 4% seen across Tasmania and the 2.8% national figure.
3.5%
Higher than 63% 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 Lenah Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60331/lenah-valley/topic/community