4.5% —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rhyndaston · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rhyndaston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Participation in community and care roles has remained low in Rhyndaston over the last decade. Just 4.5% of people volunteer here, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 18%. This trend of low engagement extends to unpaid care and military service across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very uncommon in Rhyndaston, with only 4.5% of people giving their time. This is far below the 18% seen across Tasmania and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure at 21.2%, and only 18.2% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. However, the 12.1% of residents providing general unpaid care is about the same as the rest of Australia.
12.1% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.2% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.2% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 18.2%
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.
No one in Rhyndaston has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most similar areas and well below the 4% seen across Tasmania.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Rhyndaston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60549/rhyndaston/topic/community