22.7% ▲ +31.7%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Deloraine · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Deloraine
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering sets Deloraine apart from the rest of the country. About 22.7% of the population gives their time to help others, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community involvement has grown steadily over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most other areas, with a rate of 22.7%. This is well above the Tasmanian figure of 18% and has risen by 5.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is provided by 22.6% of residents, a figure that is well below the national average and has fallen by 12 points since 2011. Meanwhile, 13.1% of people provide other forms of unpaid care, which is about the same as the state figure.
13.1% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.6% ▼ -34.1%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 23.0%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 4.2% of the population. This is higher than in most similar areas and a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.2%
Higher than 65% 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 Deloraine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL615005/deloraine/topic/community