26.9% ▲ +31.0%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stanley · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Stanley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people volunteer in Stanley than in most other areas, with 26.9% of residents giving their time. This level of community spirit has grown since 2011 and sits well above the figures for both Tasmania and the rest of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has risen by 6.4 percentage points since 2011. At 26.9%, the rate of volunteering in Stanley is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework than in most areas, though the share of people caring for children unpaid has fallen since 2011 to 22.7%. Meanwhile, 11.6% of residents provide unpaid care, which is a little below the state average.
11.6% ▲ +17.3%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.7% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 26.7%
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. This is much higher than in most similar areas and slightly 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 Stanley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621026/stanley/topic/community