23.2% ▲ +31.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sandfly · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sandfly
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of community contribution mark Sandfly compared to most similar areas. Residents are far more likely to volunteer and provide unpaid care than the national average, reflecting a strong culture of helping others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.2% of people helping out. This is well above the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are very prevalent in Sandfly, where 34.7% of people provide unpaid childcare—well above the 26.3% national figure. This high level of support extends to general unpaid care (16.2%) and housework, both of which are well above Australian averages.
16.2% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.7% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▼ -33.8%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 24.0%
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.
A larger share of the population has served in the Defence Force than in most other areas. At 6.7%, this is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
6.7%
Higher than 88% 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 Sandfly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60583/sandfly/topic/community