22.3% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Swansea · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Swansea
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Swansea (L) have stepped up to volunteer since 2011, with 22.3% of residents now giving their time. This is a very high rate compared to the rest of the country, marking the area as a place where community contribution is common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.3% of people here volunteer, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and the national figure of 14.1%. This local rate has risen by 2.8 percentage points over the last decade.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 14.0% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure that has fallen by 16 percentage points since 2011 and is far below the national average. In contrast, 25.1% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the Australian figure of 20.7%.
12.0% ▲ +22.6%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.0% ▼ -52.8%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.1% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2021: 25.1%
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.
A high number of people here have served in the Defence Force, with 6.5% of the population having served. This is well above the national figure of 2.8%.
6.5%
Higher than 90% 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 Swansea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621030/swansea/topic/community