43.5% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Palana · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Palana
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Forty-three percent of people in Palana volunteer, which is far more than the national figure. This level of community involvement is among the highest for similar areas, making it a standout feature of the local population.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 43.5% of people helping out. This is far above the 18% seen across Tasmania and 14.1% for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Nearly half of residents (47.8%) do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework a week, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. In contrast, no one in the area is recorded as providing unpaid care or caring for children.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
47.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 85.0%
- 2021: 47.8%
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.
No one in Palana has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and well below the Tasmania figure of 4%.
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 Palana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60486/palana/topic/community