23.4% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Scopus · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Scopus
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 23% of people in Scopus volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This highlights a strong culture of helping out, though few residents here have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Scopus, with 23.4% of residents pitching in. This is well above the Tasmanian rate of 18% and significantly higher than the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much more common here than in most areas, with 31.9% of people providing this care. However, the area has far fewer people providing other types of unpaid care or doing heavy housework compared to the rest of the state.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.9% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.8% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 12.8%
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 reported serving in the Defence Force, a figure that is 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 Scopus [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60590/scopus/topic/community