17.1% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
South Forest · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in South Forest
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A small number of residents contribute unpaid support in South Forest, though community spirit remains steady. While volunteering is common, the area has very low rates of unpaid caregiving compared to both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.1% of people volunteer here, which is similar to the Tasmanian average and slightly higher than the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon in South Forest; only 5.3% of people provide care and 17.1% care for children, both of which are well below state and national levels. Meanwhile, 22.4% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure slightly above the Australian average.
5.3% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.1% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 22.4%
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 has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Tasmanian rate of 4.0%.
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 South Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60614/south-forest/topic/community