18.5% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Not in any Significant Urban Area · Urban Area
Community Participation in Not in any Significant Urban Area
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 18.5% of people in Not in any Significant Urban Area (Tas.) volunteer, which is much higher than most areas. This high level of community involvement is a key feature for this vast part of the state, even though the number of volunteers has dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.5% of residents pitching in. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, though it is about the same as the Tasmanian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent, as 25.5% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure. This sits alongside a higher than usual rate of people providing unpaid care, while those caring for children unpaid are a little below the state and national averages.
13.3% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 61% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.7% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 76% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 93% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 25.5%
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.
A higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.4%, this is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.4%
Higher than 82% of urban area 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 Not in any Significant Urban Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/6000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/community