17.1% ▼ -37.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sassafras · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sassafras
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid help and care in Sassafras than in most similar areas. Around 15% of residents provide unpaid care, and the area sees higher rates of housework and childcare than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.1% of people helping out. This is about the same as the Tasmania figure and a little above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A higher number of residents handle unpaid work, with 26.3% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure. Similarly, 27.3% care for children unpaid, a rate higher than most areas.
14.8% ▲ +111.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -15.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 26.3%
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.
About 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the Tasmania figure of 4.0% and about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Sassafras [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60586/sassafras/topic/community