22.6% ▼ -28.5%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Meander · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Meander
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer in Meander than in most similar areas, with 22.6% of residents giving their time. This high level of community spirit is seen across several activities, though the area has a much lower rate of unpaid childcare than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.6% of people helping out. This is well above the figures for Tasmania (18.0%) and Australia (14.1%).
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 16.5% of people provide unpaid care—well above the national figure—only 15.8% care for children unpaid, which is far below the Australian average. Meanwhile, 25.6% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a rate well above both the state and nation.
16.5% ▲ +34.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.8% ▼ -56.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% ▼ -23.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 25.6%
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.
Defence service is more common in Meander than in most similar areas, with 5.3% of residents having served. This is a little above the 4.0% seen across Tasmania.
5.3%
Higher than 84% 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 Meander [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60392/meander/topic/community