16.4% ▼ -14.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Scamander · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Scamander
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving their time to others is a common part of daily life in Scamander. This is a place where 16.4% of people volunteer and more residents do significant unpaid housework than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Scamander are around the middle for similar areas. At 16.4%, this is a little below the Tasmania figure of 18.0%, but a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common here, with 28.2% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 13.5% of residents provide unpaid care, and 23.6% care for children without pay.
13.5% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.2% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 28.2%
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.
A higher proportion of people in Scamander have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 3.8%, this is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8% and about the same as the state figure of 4.0%.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Scamander [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60588/scamander/topic/community