19.4% ▼ -18.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stony Rise · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Stony Rise
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained steady in Stony Rise, where local residents are notably more active in unpaid work than the national average. About 19.4% of people volunteer, which is well above the Australian figure. This spirit of contribution is most evident in the high number of people providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.4% of residents giving their time. This is a little above the Tasmanian figure and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in Stony Rise, especially for childcare, where 30.5% of people help out—well above the national average. This is consistent with 15.1% of residents providing general unpaid care, which is higher than most areas.
15.1% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.5% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 23.8%
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 higher than usual proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, at 3.4%. This is about the same as both the Tasmanian and national figures.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Stony Rise [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60642/stony-rise/topic/community