16.5% ▼ -22.9%
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lyons (Prosser) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Lyons (Prosser)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Lyons (Prosser) spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This level of domestic work is much higher than in most other areas, reflecting a community where many residents take on significant roles at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.5% of residents volunteer, which is higher than most areas and a little above the national figure. However, this is a little below the Tasmanian average and has fallen by 4.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 13.5% of people doing so, a figure that is much higher than most areas. This sits alongside 24.9% of residents caring for children unpaid, which is slightly lower than both the state and national figures.
13.5% ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 83% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 24.0%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 4.6% of people having served. This is a little above the national figure of 2.8% and about the same as the Tasmanian average.
4.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Lyons (Prosser) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED60512/lyons/topic/community