32.0% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Premaydena · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Premaydena
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people are stepping up to help others in Premaydena than in most other parts of the country. Roughly 32% of the population volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure. This strong spirit of helping extends to both formal volunteering and unpaid care at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 32.0% of people pitching in. This is far above the Tasmania rate of 18.0% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a big part of life in Premaydena, where 19.2% of people provide care and 31.2% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. However, the 15.2% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
19.2% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.2% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.2% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 31.2%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most areas, with 7.3% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
7.3%
Higher than 90% 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 Premaydena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60518/premaydena/topic/community