17.9% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Upper Natone · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Upper Natone
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 37% of people in Upper Natone spend significant time on unpaid housework, making it one of the highest areas for this activity. While many residents contribute to their community through volunteering, there is a striking lack of people providing unpaid care for children compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.9% of the community volunteer, a figure that is roughly the same as the Tasmanian average and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Daily life involves a high amount of domestic work, as 36.8% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework per week, which is far above the national figure. In contrast, only 7.4% provide unpaid care and 12.6% care for children, both of which are far below the state and national averages.
7.4% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.6% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.8% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 36.8%
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 here than in most similar areas, with 4.2% of people having served, which is a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Upper Natone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60708/upper-natone/topic/community