20.4% ▲ +24.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Travellers Rest · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Travellers Rest
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people contribute to their community in Travellers Rest than the national average, particularly through unpaid care. Around 36% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national rate of 26%. This spirit of contribution extends to volunteering and domestic work across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.4% of people helping out. This is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 18% and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very prominent, as 36.4% of residents care for children, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. This is alongside a higher than usual 25.9% of people who spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
13.6% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.4% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.9% ▼ -8.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 25.9%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most similar areas. About 4.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Australian rate of 2.8%.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Travellers Rest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60687/travellers-rest/topic/community