16.6% ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Swan Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Swan Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of residents in Swan Bay provide unpaid childcare, a rate well above the national figure. This high level of family care shapes daily life here, alongside a strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.6% of people volunteer, which is a little above the Australian average but slightly lower than the rate across Tasmania.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Daily unpaid work is very common, with 34.6% of people caring for children and 29.6% spending 15 or more hours on housework weekly, both figures being well above the state and national averages. Meanwhile, 12.7% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is about the same as the typical Australian area.
12.7% ▲ +93.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.6% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.6% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 29.6%
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.
The area has a high number of veterans, with 5.0% of people having served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most similar areas.
5.0%
Higher than 80% 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 Swan Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60658/swan-bay/topic/community