11.0% ▼ -47.7%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mathinna · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mathinna
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Mathinna than in the rest of Tasmania. While only 11% of residents volunteer, this is offset by a very high number of people supporting others at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11% of people here volunteer, which is well below the state figure of 18% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 24.6% of people providing support, far above the national figure of 11.9%. This is consistent with 30.5% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the Australian average of 20.7%.
24.6% ▲ +69.8%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.2% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.5% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 30.5%
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 higher proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 6.7% of people having served compared to 2.8% across Australia.
6.7%
Higher than 88% 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 Mathinna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60386/mathinna/topic/community