17.2% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Port Sorell · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Port Sorell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of residents in Port Sorell perform a significant amount of unpaid housework, making it a standout feature of the community. This highlights a strong trend of home-based work and care across the area. Local participation in volunteering and defence service also remains steady and high.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.2% of people here volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas. This is about the same as the Tasmanian figure, but well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 27.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This sits alongside 13.8% of residents providing unpaid care and 24.0% caring for children, though child care is a little below the national rate.
13.8% ▲ +35.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.4% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 27.4%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.3% of the population having served. This is about the same as the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Port Sorell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60516/port-sorell/topic/community