7.8% ▼ -32.1%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mayfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mayfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have seen a notable shift in Mayfield (Tas.), where only 7.8% of people now volunteer. This is far below the Tasmanian figure and puts the area among the lowest for community participation across similar locations.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 7.8% of residents volunteer their time, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1% and far below the 18% seen across Tasmania.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is lower than most areas at 23.1%. While 13.6% of people provide some form of unpaid care, the 17.7% who do 15 or more hours of housework is well below the state average.
13.6% ▲ +26.9%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.1% ▼ -12.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.7% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 17.7%
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.
About 2.1% of the population served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the national figure and slightly below the Tasmania average of 4%.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Mayfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60390/mayfield/topic/community