29.6% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Taroona · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Taroona
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Taroona volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong trend of residents providing unpaid care for others in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.6% of residents helping out. This is far above the 18% seen across Tasmania and 14.1% for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Residents are more likely to provide unpaid care than most people in the country. This includes 28.1% caring for children and 14.9% providing general unpaid care, both of which are above the national figures.
14.9% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.1% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 23.7%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 3.7% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the 4% seen across Tasmania.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Taroona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60668/taroona/topic/community