17.1% ▼ -34.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nicholls Rivulet · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nicholls Rivulet
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Nicholls Rivulet spend their time caring for children unpaid, reflecting a strong family focus in the area. This level of unpaid childcare and housework is well above both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.1% of residents volunteer, which is roughly the same as the Tasmanian average and a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 30.7% caring for children and 28.8% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are much higher than most areas. In contrast, the 11.7% of people providing other unpaid care is a little below the Tasmanian average.
11.7% ▲ +0.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.7% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.8% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 28.8%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.5% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Nicholls Rivulet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60454/nicholls-rivulet/topic/community