20.2% ▼ -24.8%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Opossum Bay · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Opossum Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Opossum Bay are volunteering and doing unpaid housework than they were in 2011. Despite these drops, 20.2% of residents still volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. The area shows a strong commitment to community and family support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most areas, though the rate fell 6.7 percentage points since 2011 to reach 20.2%. This is still a little above the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people provide unpaid care here than in most areas, with the rate rising to 15.2% since 2011. Meanwhile, the share of people doing 15 or more hours of housework fell to 24.4%, and those caring for children unpaid fell to 23.8%.
15.2% ▲ +37.9%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▼ -24.6%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 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.
A higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 5.6%, this is a little above both the Tasmanian figure of 4.0% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
5.6%
Higher than 85% 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 Opossum Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622019/opossum-bay/topic/community