14.1% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Prospect Vale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Prospect Vale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Prospect Vale has shifted over the last decade, though it now shows a mix of low volunteer rates and high military service. Only 14.1% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Tasmanian figure, but the area has a strong connection to the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.1% of people volunteer here, a rate that is well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and about the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 24.9% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the state figure. Meanwhile, the 19.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework is much lower than in most other areas.
12.4% ▲ +12.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.6% ▼ -14.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 19.6%
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.
A much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.2% of the population having served.
4.2%
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 Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60525/prospect-vale/topic/community