20.6% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Stieglitz · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Stieglitz
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Stieglitz volunteer, making it a community where unpaid work is common. While volunteering has dipped slightly since 2011, the area remains well above the national figure for community contribution.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.6% of residents volunteer, which is higher than most similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This is down from 24.3% in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is common, with 29.6% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, well above the national figure. In contrast, those caring for children unpaid are much lower than most areas at 18.2%.
12.4% ▲ +33.4%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.2% ▼ -41.5%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.6% ▲ +19.4%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 29.6%
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.
Eight per cent of the population have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is among the highest for areas of this size and well above the Tasmanian average.
8.0%
Higher than 97% 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 Stieglitz [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621027/stieglitz/topic/community