22.5% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Upper Stowport · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Upper Stowport
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of residents in Upper Stowport volunteer their time, making it a place where community contribution is much higher than the national average. This spirit of helping others is seen in both formal volunteering and the high number of people providing unpaid care to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.5% of people pitching in. This is well above the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more frequent than in most areas, with 15.0% of people providing this support. This includes 26.3% of residents caring for children unpaid, which is about the same as the Australian average.
15.0% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.3% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 23.8%
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 3.7% of people having served. This is about the same as the 4.0% seen across Tasmania.
3.7%
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 Upper Stowport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60710/upper-stowport/topic/community