11.8% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Verona Sands · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Verona Sands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Verona Sands than in most other similar areas. While 20% of the population look after others without pay, the community is much less likely to volunteer compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.8% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 20.0% of residents providing care—well above the 11.9% national figure. This is seen in the 30.9% of people caring for children unpaid, a rate well above both the state and Australia.
20.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.9% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 24.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.7% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.7%
Higher than 68% 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 Verona Sands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60713/verona-sands/topic/community