12.0% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lower Turners Marsh · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lower Turners Marsh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Lower Turners Marsh than in most other areas. While only 12% of residents volunteer, a striking 32% provide some form of unpaid care to others. This high level of domestic support defines the way people contribute to their community here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most areas. At 12%, the rate is a little below the Australian figure of 14.1% and well below Tasmania's 18%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid domestic work is very high, with 44% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. This sits alongside a high rate of unpaid care for others (32%), though no one here reports caring for children unpaid.
32.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
44.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 44.0%
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.
No residents in this area have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and well below the Tasmanian rate of 4%.
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 Lower Turners Marsh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60363/lower-turners-marsh/topic/community