27.3% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Toiberry · Suburb / Locality
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 27% of people in Toiberry volunteer their time, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong presence of unpaid caregivers and child carers within the area.
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.3% of residents helping out. This is well above the 18% seen across Tasmania and far above the 14.1% national average.
27.3% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is very high at 36.4%, which is far above both state and national figures. While 13.6% of people provide some form of unpaid care, surprisingly, no one reported doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework per week.
13.6% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.4% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Toiberry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60681/toiberry/topic/community