16.2% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Launceston · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Launceston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A slightly higher proportion of people in Launceston volunteer than the national figure, though this has dipped over the last decade. The area's community involvement is mostly in line with state and national trends, with 16.2% of residents giving their time to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the Australian average but a little below the Tasmanian figure. This rate has fallen by 1.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Roughly 25.4% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Fewer people do 15 or more hours of housework here than in most other areas, while the 12.2% who provide other unpaid care is lower than most places.
12.2% ▲ +9.9%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.6% ▼ -13.1%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 19.6%
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 common in the area, with 3.5% of people having served. This is about the same as the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
3.5%
Lower than 52% of urban centre 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 Launceston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL611001/launceston/topic/community