52.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Reekara · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Reekara
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over half of residents in Reekara volunteer their time, which is far more than in other similar areas. This high level of community involvement is a standout feature of the area, with 52.4% of people giving their time to help others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 52.4% of people pitching in. This is far above the figures for Tasmania (18.0%) and Australia (14.1%).
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is very common, with 42.9% of people doing so, far above the national figure of 11.9%. However, this is alongside much lower rates of unpaid housework (14.3%) and childcare (19.0%) compared to most areas.
42.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.0% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.3% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
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 Reekara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60543/reekara/topic/community