13.9% ▼ -28.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oldina · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Oldina
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Oldina than is typical across Tasmania and Australia. This is a community where a high proportion of residents support others at home, though volunteer rates are lower than the state average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most similar areas and well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common in Oldina, with 19.1% providing care and 33.9% looking after children, both of which are well above national and state figures. Similarly, the 31.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is far above the Australian average.
19.1% ▼ -27.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.9% ▲ +15.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.3% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 31.3%
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.
A much higher share of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 6.1% having served, well above the national figure of 2.8%.
6.1%
Higher than 87% 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 Oldina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60476/oldina/topic/community