19.2% ▼ -19.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Underwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Underwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher-than-average share of people in Underwood now contribute their time to others compared to previous years. While most care roles are typical for the region, about 19.2% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five residents (19.2%) volunteer their time, a rate that is a little above the Tasmanian figure and well above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 28% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, which is well above both the state and national figures. Meanwhile, unpaid childcare and general care roles are about the same as the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
12.0% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▼ -23.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.0% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 28.0%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 3.2% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Underwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60703/underwood/topic/community