14.1% ▼ -13.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Somerset · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Somerset
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About a quarter of residents in Somerset provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution here. While child care is typical for the region, other forms of volunteering are less common than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 14.1% of people volunteer, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%, though it is about the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 24.9% of people care for children unpaid, while 13.2% provide other unpaid care. Notably, 24.5% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, which is well above the Australian figure of 20.7%.
13.2% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 24.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.7% of the population, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Somerset [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60608/somerset/topic/community