17.1% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lower Wattle Grove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lower Wattle Grove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of residents in Lower Wattle Grove contribute to their community through unpaid work and service. Roughly 39% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a local lifestyle where much of the daily effort is focused on the home and family.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.1% of people giving their time. This is about the same as the Tasmanian figure and slightly above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 9.8% of people provide unpaid care—which is much lower than most areas—a huge 39% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, far exceeding the state and national figures. About 24.4% care for children unpaid, which is slightly below the Australian average of 26.3%.
9.8% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
39.0% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 39.0%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most similar areas. About 6.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the national figure of 2.8%.
6.2%
Higher than 87% 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 Wattle Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60364/lower-wattle-grove/topic/community