# Community Participation — Scamander

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

Area: Scamander (Urban Centre)

Daily life in Scamander involves a high own-home workload, though community volunteering has dropped. While 17.9% of residents volunteer—a figure well above the national average—this is down nearly 10 percentage points from 2011.

About 17.9% of people volunteer here, which is about the same as the Tasmanian average and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%.

A much higher share of residents than most areas do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, at 26.9%. However, the 21.6% who provide unpaid childcare is well below both the state and national figures.

Around 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Tasmania and Australia.

## Statistics

| Statistic | Value | Change since |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Volunteers | 17.9% | -35.1% since 2011 |
| People providing unpaid care | 13.0% | -15.3% since 2011 |
| People caring for children unpaid | 21.6% | -17.7% since 2011 |
| People who served in the Defence Force | 3.1% | — |
| People doing 15+ hours of unpaid housework | 26.9% | -10.7% since 2011 |

Interactive: https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621024/scamander/topic/community