14.3% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Primrose Sands · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Primrose Sands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong history of military service defines the daily life of Primrose Sands, where 7.1% of people have served in the Defence Force. While service rates are very high, the area sees fewer people volunteering or caring for children than in other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas. Only 14.3% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than usual at 17.4%, well below the national figure of 26.3%. However, providing other forms of unpaid care is more common than in most areas, and 24.5% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
13.8% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.4% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 24.5%
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.
Primrose Sands has one of the highest rates of Defence Force veterans at this level. At 7.1%, this is well above both the Tasmanian figure of 4.0% and the Australian average of 2.8%.
7.1%
Higher than 89% 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 Primrose Sands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60522/primrose-sands/topic/community