14.2% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Prospect · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Prospect
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual 4.3% of residents in Prospect (Tas.) have served in the Defence Force. While military service is more common here than in most similar areas, other forms of community contribution like volunteering are less frequent.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 14.2% of people volunteer their time, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and lower than most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 13.5% of people provide unpaid care, and 25.9% care for children unpaid, both of which are about the same as the state and national figures. However, the 18.8% of people doing over 15 hours of unpaid housework is much lower than most areas.
13.5% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 18.8%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.3% of residents having served, slightly above the 4.0% seen across Tasmania.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60524/prospect/topic/community