18.0% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Shearwater · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Shearwater
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 25% of people in Shearwater spend 15 hours or more each week on unpaid housework. This is well above the national figure, marking it as a place where a significant portion of the population handles substantial home duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18% of the community volunteers, which is about the same as the Tasmanian average and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.7% of people providing support, though the 20.8% who care for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
13.7% ▲ +21.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.8% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.1% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 25.1%
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 much higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 5.6% of residents having served, which is a little above the national figure.
5.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Shearwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60598/shearwater/topic/community