10.5% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Police Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Police Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community engagement in Police Point is marked by a strong presence of former service members and carers. While fewer people here volunteer compared to most areas, there is a significantly higher proportion of residents providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.5% of people in Police Point volunteer, which is well below both the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 31.6% of people caring for children—a figure well above the 26.3% national average. This is reflected in the 14.0% of residents who provide general unpaid care, which is a little above the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
14.0% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.6% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 21.1%
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 the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 6.5% of residents being veterans. This is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.5%
Higher than 88% 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 Police Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60510/police-point/topic/community