21.9% ▼ -25.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tinderbox · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tinderbox
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Tinderbox than in the rest of the country. This community has a strong spirit of giving, with 21.9% of residents volunteering, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.9% of residents here volunteer, a figure that is well above both the Tasmanian average of 18.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a significant part of life here, with 26.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national figure. Meanwhile, about 25.4% of people care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the rest of Australia.
12.9% ▼ -14.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% ▼ -28.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.9% ▼ -29.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.1%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 26.9%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 2.9% of the population. This is about the same as the Australian average, though a little below the Tasmanian figure of 4.0%.
2.9%
Higher than 55% 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 Tinderbox [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60678/tinderbox/topic/community