38.2% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lymwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lymwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in three people in Lymwood volunteer their time, reflecting a strong culture of community help. This local commitment is far above the Tasmanian figure and among the highest for similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 38.2%, volunteering is far above the 18% seen in Tasmania and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27% of people care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the national figure, no one in the area reports providing other types of unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.7% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 24.7%
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 slightly higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to the national average, with 4.2% of residents having served.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Lymwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60375/lymwood/topic/community