24.3% ▲ +80.6%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Low Head · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Low Head
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in Low Head than in the rest of Australia. About 24% of residents give their time to help others, a figure that has climbed steadily over the last decade. This creates a strong contrast with the area's low rates of unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.3% of people helping out. This is well above the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and has risen by 11 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 13.2% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. This reflects a steep 13 point drop since 2011, while those doing 15 or more hours of housework also fell to 20.0%.
11.3% ▲ +9.7%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.2% ▼ -48.8%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% ▼ -31.7%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 20.0%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 5.8% of the population. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits a little above the 2.8% national figure.
5.8%
Higher than 86% 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 Low Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621017/low-head/topic/community