15.8% ▼ -22.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Strahan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Strahan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 25% of people in Strahan provide unpaid care for children, which is the most common form of community contribution here. While the town has a very high number of Defence Force veterans, overall volunteer rates are slightly lower than the state average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with 15.8% of people helping out. This is a little below the Tasmania figure of 18.0%, though it remains a little above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Much fewer people provide unpaid care for others compared to most areas, at 9.8%. However, 25.2% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above both the state and national figures.
9.8% ▲ +2.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.2% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 25.2%
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.
A much higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force here than in most areas. At 4.5%, this is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8% and slightly higher than the 4.0% seen across Tasmania.
4.5%
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 Strahan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60646/strahan/topic/community