23.2% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Low Head · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Low Head
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 23% of people in Low Head volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community involvement defines local life, though fewer residents are providing unpaid care compared to most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 23.2% of residents giving their time, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 10.7% of people provide unpaid care, and the 15.9% who care for children unpaid is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 22.7% do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is about the same as the state figure.
10.7% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.9% ▼ -24.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▲ +13.6%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 22.7%
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 much higher proportion of residents than most areas have served in the Defence Force, with 5.4% of the population having served.
5.4%
Higher than 84% 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 Low Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60357/low-head/topic/community