14.9% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Huonville · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Huonville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A gap of over 3 percentage points separates Huonville's volunteer rate from the state average. While 14.9% of the community volunteers, this is well below the figure for Tasmania. Other forms of community contribution, such as unpaid care and military service, remain more common here than in many other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Huonville has fallen by 2.7 percentage points since 2011. At 14.9%, the current rate is well below the 18% seen across Tasmania, though it remains about the same as the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here care for children unpaid (27.2%) than in most areas, which is a little above the state average. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework fell to 21.7% since 2011, and unpaid care for others has barely changed at 12.5%.
12.5% ▲ +0.0%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 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.
A higher proportion of people in Huonville have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.3%, this is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.3%
Higher than 67% 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 Huonville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL615010/huonville/topic/community