21.3% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Scottsdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Scottsdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Scottsdale volunteer their time, a rate far higher than the national figure. This level of community involvement defines the area's social landscape, with 21.3% of residents giving their time to help others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.3% of people helping out. This is well above the 18.0% seen across Tasmania and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.0% of people provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the state figure, the 22.7% who care for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 24.0% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure.
13.0% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.7% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.7% of residents having served. This is about the same as the rates for both Tasmania and Australia.
3.7%
Higher than 68% 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 Scottsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60592/scottsdale/topic/community