21.1% ▼ -30.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Tugrah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Tugrah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 31% of people in Tugrah provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This area shows a strong trend of community and family support, with high rates of volunteering and unpaid care across the board.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.1% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 18.0% seen across Tasmania and far higher than the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in Tugrah, where 26.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is well above the national figure, alongside a high 14.4% who provide unpaid care and care for children.
14.4% ▲ +65.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.3% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.9% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 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.
About 3.6% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is higher than most similar areas and sits about the same as the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
3.6%
Higher than 66% 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 Tugrah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60693/tugrah/topic/community