17.6% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sprent · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sprent
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving back to others is a common part of life in Sprent, where 17.6% of people volunteer. This is about the same as the state average, though it is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.6% of people in Sprent volunteer their time. This is around the middle for similar areas and aligns closely with the Tasmania average of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than in most areas. Only 16.8% of people provide unpaid childcare and 17.6% do over 15 hours of housework, both of which are well below the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
11.5% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.8% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.6% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 17.6%
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 small portion of the community has served in the Defence Force. At 2.3%, this is around the middle for similar areas and is a little below the Tasmania average of 4.0%.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Sprent [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60627/sprent/topic/community