15.3% ▼ -9.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lewisham · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lewisham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Lewisham (Tas.) shows a strong focus on the home, where nearly 28% of people provide unpaid childcare. While volunteer rates are lower than in many other areas, the community has a higher-than-average number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 15.3% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 25.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework a week, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%. This is consistent with a higher-than-usual 27.9% of residents who provide unpaid childcare.
13.2% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.9% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 25.8%
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 Lewisham have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.1% of residents having served, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 73% 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 Lewisham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60334/lewisham/topic/community