0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Myrtle Bank · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Myrtle Bank
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few people volunteer in Myrtle Bank, but a striking 10.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force. Daily life here is marked by a high proportion of residents performing heavy housework and a very low rate of unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
No one in the area reported volunteering, a figure that is far below the Tasmanian average of 18.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 46.4% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—almost no one provides unpaid care or looks after children unpaid.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.7% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
46.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.8%
- 2021: 46.4%
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.
Military service is common here, with 10.3% of people having served in the Defence Force, which is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
10.3%
Higher than 97% 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 Myrtle Bank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60441/myrtle-bank/topic/community