12.8% ▼ -40.1%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Railton · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Railton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of Defence Force veterans than most areas defines Railton (L), where 4.9% of the population has served. While some forms of community support have grown, the number of local volunteers has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.8% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%. This is a sharp decline from 2011, when 21.4% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 11.9% of people provide unpaid care, a figure that has risen since 2011. While 24.4% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly—well above the national figure—those caring for children unpaid are well below both state and national levels at 22.1%.
11.9% ▲ +53.0%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.1% ▼ -20.3%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 24.4%
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 4.9% of the population, which is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.9%
Higher than 76% 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 Railton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621020/railton/topic/community