14.6% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Bass (Windermere) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Bass (Windermere)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A gap of 3.3 percentage points separates the volunteer rate in Bass (Windermere) from the Tasmanian average. While 14.6% of residents volunteer—roughly the national figure—the area has a higher than usual proportion of people providing unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has barely changed since 2011, with 14.6% of people helping out. This is well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%, though it sits about the same as the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is more common here than in most areas, rising to 12.9% since 2011. However, fewer people provide unpaid childcare (23.6%) and do heavy housework (20.5%) compared to ten years ago.
12.9% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.5% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 20.5%
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 3.5% of the population. This is higher than in most similar areas and sits about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.5%
Higher than 67% of state electorate 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 Bass (Windermere) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED60115/bass/topic/community