12.9% ▼ -10.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Pontville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Pontville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid support to family and friends in Pontville than in most other areas. While a high number of residents help care for others, a relatively small group of people spend their spare time volunteering for community groups.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.9% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than most other areas and well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in Pontville, with 14.2% of people providing support and 28.7% caring for children, both of which are higher than most areas. However, the 20.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is lower than most areas.
14.2% ▲ +76.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.7% ▼ -27.9%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.7%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▼ -32.1%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 20.7%
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 little above the national figure, 5.5% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a rate that is much higher than most similar areas.
5.5%
Higher than 85% 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 Pontville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60511/pontville/topic/community