13.5% ▼ -36.9%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Midway Point · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Midway Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of family care and defence service stand out in Midway Point compared to most similar areas. While about 29.3% of people provide unpaid childcare, the number of local volunteers has fallen significantly since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped to 13.5%, which is lower than most areas and well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%. This is a sharp decline from 2011, when the rate was 21.4%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 29.3% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above both the state and national figures. Meanwhile, 12.8% of people provide some form of unpaid care, a rate that has barely changed since 2011.
12.8% ▲ +3.7%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% ▼ -24.9%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 21.0%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 4.5% of people having served. This is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.5%
Higher than 70% 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 Midway Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL615015/midway-point/topic/community