23.6% ▼ -15.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Swansea · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Swansea
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher levels of community involvement mark Swansea, where 23.6% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, making it one of the more active areas for volunteering compared to similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost a quarter of residents volunteer, a rate that is well above both the Tasmanian figure of 18% and the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26.4% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—far fewer residents provide unpaid childcare compared to most areas.
11.7% ▲ +28.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.9% ▼ -30.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.4% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 26.4%
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 similar areas, with 6.1% of the population having served, which is well above the 2.8% national average.
6.1%
Higher than 87% 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 Swansea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60660/swansea/topic/community