22.2% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Runnymede · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Runnymede
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering and unpaid work define Runnymede compared to the rest of the country. About 22% of people here volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This community is particularly active in home and family support, with many more people performing unpaid care and housework than is typical for Tasmania.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.2% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 18% seen across Tasmania and 14.1% for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in Runnymede, where 38.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 34.9% of people care for children unpaid—well above the state and national averages—those providing other types of unpaid care are much lower than most areas at 7.9%.
7.9% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.9% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
38.1% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 38.1%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and well below the Tasmania average of 4%.
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 Runnymede [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60580/runnymede/topic/community