17.4% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Liffey · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Liffey
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement in Liffey has remained steady over the last decade, with volunteering levels staying consistent. About 17.4% of the community give their time to others, which is well above the national figure. This spirit of service is a key part of the area's social fabric.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates are around the middle for similar areas, sitting at 17.4%. This is about the same as the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and notably higher than the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas across the board. Only 7.6% of people provide unpaid care and 16.7% care for children, both of which are well below the state and national figures.
7.6% ▼ -27.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.7% ▼ -40.7%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▼ -38.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 19.4%
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.
Around 2.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the Australian figure and just a little below the Tasmanian rate of 4.0%.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Liffey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60338/liffey/topic/community