15.0% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Burnie - Somerset · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Burnie - Somerset
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Lower volunteering rates than most similar areas mark the community profile of Burnie - Somerset. While 15.0% of people volunteer, which is about the same as the national figure, this is well below the Tasmanian average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen in Burnie - Somerset, dropping from 17.4% in 2011 to 15.0% in 2021. This rate is now well below the state figure of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 13.2% of people provide unpaid care, a figure that has risen since 2011 and sits a little above the national average. Meanwhile, 25.3% of people care for children unpaid, which is about the same as across Tasmania.
13.2% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.3% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 21.7%
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 here, with 3.5% of people having served. This is about the same as both the state and national figures.
3.5%
Lower than 51% 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 Burnie - Somerset [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL612001/burnie-somerset/topic/community