19.0% ▼ -24.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Reedy Marsh · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Reedy Marsh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people spend their spare time helping others in Reedy Marsh than in most other parts of the country. This community is marked by a high level of unpaid work and service, with 16.6% of residents providing unpaid care to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people (19.0%) volunteer here, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure and well above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 35.0% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework—a rate far above the national figure. This is consistent with a high 16.6% of residents providing unpaid care, which is well above the state and national averages.
16.6% ▲ +45.5%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.0% ▲ +33.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 35.0%
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 to the country is common here, as 8.2% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
8.2%
Higher than 92% 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 Reedy Marsh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60542/reedy-marsh/topic/community