16.2% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lune River · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lune River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Caregiving is a key part of life in Lune River, where the proportion of people providing unpaid care is well above the national figure. While few residents have served in the military, a steady number of locals give their time to volunteer activities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the Australian figure but a little below the rate for Tasmania.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 16.2% of people providing this support, which is well above the state and national figures. In contrast, the share of people caring for children unpaid is far below the national figure at 16.2%, while those doing 15 or more hours of housework is about the same as the rest of the country.
16.2% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.2% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 21.6%
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 one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Tasmanian average.
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 Lune River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60372/lune-river/topic/community