21.6% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oyster Cove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Oyster Cove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A well above average 21.6% of people in Oyster Cove volunteer, far exceeding the national figure of 14.1%. This community is notably active in unpaid work, with much higher rates of volunteering and caregiving compared to the rest of Tasmania and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.6% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 18.0% seen across Tasmania and significantly higher than the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent in this area. About 19% of people provide unpaid care and 29.3% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both figures being well above the national and state averages.
19.0% ▲ +47.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.3% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 29.3%
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.
Around 3.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is higher than in most similar areas and sits about the same as the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Oyster Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60485/oyster-cove/topic/community