20.3% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Plenty · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Plenty
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Plenty volunteer their time, making it a highly active community. This spirit of contribution is reflected in a high rate of unpaid childcare, though other forms of home-based care and service are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.3% of residents volunteer, which is higher than most similar areas. This is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 28.8% of people providing it, which is well above the state average. However, other forms of unpaid work are much lower than usual, with only 8.5% providing general care and 11.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
8.5% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.8% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.9% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 11.9%
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 residents in Plenty have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and well below the 4.0% seen across Tasmania.
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 Plenty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60508/plenty/topic/community