16.3% ▼ -17.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
South Launceston · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in South Launceston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people spend their time on unpaid domestic work in South Launceston compared to the rest of the state. While 16.3% of residents volunteer, which is slightly above the national figure, a smaller share of the population provides unpaid care or housework than is typical for Tasmania.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.3% of people in South Launceston volunteer, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas and is a little above the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common here, with 17.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework—well below the Tasmanian and national figures. Similarly, the share of people providing unpaid care (10.9%) and those caring for children (23.9%) are both a little below the state and national averages.
10.9% ▲ +16.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.9% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.2% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 17.2%
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.
Around 3.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Launceston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60616/south-launceston/topic/community