12.4% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Strathblane · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Strathblane
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Strathblane take on unpaid roles compared to other regions, with only 12.4% of residents volunteering. This trend extends to home and care duties, where local figures for unpaid work are consistently lower than both the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas. At 12.4%, the rate is well below Tasmania's 18.0% and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon in the area, with only 6.6% of people providing care, which is well below the figures for Tasmania and Australia. Similarly, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid (22.3%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (19.8%) are lower than most areas.
6.6% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.3% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 19.8%
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 share of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas. At 3.3%, this is about the same as the Tasmanian (4.0%) and Australian (2.8%) figures.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Strathblane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60647/strathblane/topic/community