14.5% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wattle Grove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wattle Grove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid childcare in Wattle Grove than in most other areas, with 36.4% of residents stepping into this role. While many people here balance significant home and family duties, others contribute through defence service or volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of residents volunteer their time, which is about the same as the national figure but well below the Tasmanian average of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here; 30% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with the high rate of unpaid childcare, though the 8.2% who provide other types of unpaid care is much lower than most areas.
8.2% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.4% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.0% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 30.0%
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.
A higher share of residents than in most areas have served in the Defence Force, at 3.8%, which is about the same as the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
3.8%
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 Wattle Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60722/wattle-grove/topic/community