18.7% ▼ -23.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sulphur Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sulphur Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national average for community involvement, Sulphur Creek is a place where many residents dedicate their time to others. Nearly 19% of people volunteer, and there is a notably high rate of people providing unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.7% of people in Sulphur Creek volunteer, which is about the same as the Tasmanian figure and well above the Australian rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 30.7% of people caring for children and 25.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well above the national figures. Around 14% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the state and national averages.
14.0% ▲ +54.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.7% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.9% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 25.9%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.1% of the population, a figure that is about the same as both Tasmania and Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Sulphur Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60652/sulphur-creek/topic/community