10.3% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tewkesbury · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tewkesbury
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents in Tewkesbury participate in community volunteering compared to the rest of the state. Only 10.3% of people volunteer, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%. This low level of community involvement is a defining feature of the area's social profile.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 10.3% of people here volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most areas and well below the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 29.5% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure—far fewer provide other types of support. Only 7.7% provide unpaid care and 14.1% care for children unpaid, both of which are far below the Tasmanian and national averages.
7.7% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.1% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.5% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 29.5%
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.
A high proportion of the community has a military history, with 7.0% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
7.0%
Higher than 89% 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 Tewkesbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60674/tewkesbury/topic/community