23.3% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Taranna · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Taranna
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 23.3% of people in Taranna volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, though it has much lower rates of unpaid childcare than most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly a quarter of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the 18% seen across Tasmania and 14.1% for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 24% of people do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework, this is a community where only 16% provide unpaid childcare—a figure far below the national rate of 26.3%.
10.7% ▼ -23.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.0% ▼ -29.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▼ -28.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 24.0%
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.
Former Defence Force members make up 6.5% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.5%
Higher than 88% 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 Taranna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60665/taranna/topic/community