26.6% ▲ +24.4%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Redpa · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Redpa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines Redpa, where community involvement is far more common than in most other areas. One in four people here volunteers, and the rate of unpaid childcare is among the highest in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Redpa, with 26.6% of people giving their time. This is well above the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and far above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is a major part of life here for 40.5% of people, a figure far above both the state and national averages. While 24.1% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, only 10.1% provide other unpaid care, which is a little below the national figure.
10.1% ▲ +6.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.5% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.9%
- 2016: 41.6%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 24.1%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.7% of the population. This is higher than in most similar areas and about the same as the 2.8% national figure.
3.7%
Higher than 66% 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 Redpa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60541/redpa/topic/community