10.2% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Preolenna · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Preolenna
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Preolenna compared to the rest of the state. Only 10.2% of residents give their time to community groups, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%. This gap in community involvement is a standout feature of the local area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 10.2% of people here volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is much lower than most areas at 16.3%, while 12.2% of residents provide other forms of unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure.
12.2% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.3% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.5%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.4% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 20.4%
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.
No one in Preolenna has served in the Defence Force, which is 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 Preolenna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60519/preolenna/topic/community