12.4% ▼ -29.0%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cressy · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Cressy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Cressy (L) involves significant unpaid work at home, though formal volunteering has dropped. Only 12.4% of people volunteer now, a figure that is well below the Tasmanian average and has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas. At 12.4%, the rate is a little below the national figure and has fallen by 5.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.6% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 12.9% of residents provide other unpaid care, a figure that has risen since 2011.
12.9% ▲ +19.0%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -18.4%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 42.6%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 23.5%
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.
Only 1.6% of people in Cressy (L) have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the Tasmanian and national figures.
1.6%
Lower than 89% 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 Cressy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621008/cressy/topic/community