28.3% ▲ +46.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Surveyors Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Surveyors Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 34% of people in Surveyors Bay provide unpaid childcare, marking it as a place where residents are very active in supporting others. This high level of care is mirrored in a strong culture of volunteering and a notable history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than elsewhere, with 28.3% of residents giving their time. This is far above the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is a major part of life in Surveyors Bay, where 15.1% of people provide unpaid care. This is well above the Australian figure, and is driven by high rates of people caring for children (34.0%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (34.0%).
15.1% ▲ +55.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.0% ▲ +29.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.0% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 34.0%
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 areas. About 5.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
5.9%
Higher than 86% 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 Surveyors Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60657/surveyors-bay/topic/community