20.4% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Turners Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Turners Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over one in five people in Turners Beach volunteer, a rate well above the national figure. This community shows a strong tendency to give their time, both through formal volunteering and by supporting others through unpaid care in the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.4% of residents volunteer, which is higher than most areas. This is a little above the Tasmanian rate of 18.0% and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.5% of people providing care and 28.4% looking after children unpaid, both of which are higher than most areas. Additionally, 23.5% of residents do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework weekly, slightly above the national figure of 20.7%.
14.5% ▲ +46.5%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 23.5%
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.
Defence service is more common in Turners Beach than in most similar areas, with 3.5% of people having served. This is about the same as the 4.0% seen across Tasmania.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Turners Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60699/turners-beach/topic/community