19.1% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pipers Brook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pipers Brook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of volunteering defines Pipers Brook, where 19.1% of people give their time to others. This is well above the national figure of 14.1% and slightly higher than the state average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.1% of the community volunteers, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas and is a little above the Tasmanian average of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Few people here provide unpaid childcare, with only 22.5% doing so, which is well below both the state and national figures. This is consistent with a much lower than usual 18.0% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on housework.
13.5% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.0% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 18.0%
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 Pipers Brook has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Tasmanian rate of 4.0% 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 Pipers Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60506/pipers-brook/topic/community