16.7% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Nowhere Else · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Nowhere Else
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of residents in Nowhere Else spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure well above both state and national levels. This high rate of home-based work defines the community's participation patterns, alongside a strong tendency toward providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the Australian figure but slightly lower than the rate across Tasmania.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in the area; 14.3% of people provide care and 26.2% look after children, which is about the same as the national average.
14.3% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.1%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 28.6%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Tasmanian average and a little below the national figure.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Nowhere Else [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60466/nowhere-else/topic/community