22.6% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Quamby Brook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Quamby Brook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people get involved in their local community in Quamby Brook than in most similar areas. This is seen in the high number of volunteers and people who help out at home, making it a place where residents contribute significantly to the common good.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.6% of people giving their time. This is well above the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A far higher share of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework (33.3%) compared to the national figure of 20.7%. Other forms of care are more typical, with 12.9% providing unpaid care and 23.7% caring for children unpaid.
12.9% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.7% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.3% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 33.3%
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 much more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.4% of the population having served. This is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.4%
Higher than 76% 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 Quamby Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60529/quamby-brook/topic/community