17.5% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Squeaking Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Squeaking Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Squeaking Point has stayed steady over the years, with 17.5% of people volunteering. This rate is about the same as the Tasmanian figure, but it sits well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.5% of the population helps out as volunteers, which is around the middle for areas like this and slightly lower than the state average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high number of residents handle domestic work, with 32.3% doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure far above the national and state averages. This is alongside 27.1% of people caring for children unpaid, which is higher than most other areas.
11.5% ▼ -18.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.3% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 32.3%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.4% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
4.4%
Higher than 76% 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 Squeaking Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60631/squeaking-point/topic/community