21.9% ▼ -24.0%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
St Marys · Urban Centre
Community Participation in St Marys
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 22% of people in St Marys (L) volunteer, a figure well above the national average. While volunteering rates have dropped since 2011, residents remain much more likely to give their time to others than people in most other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.9% of people helping out, which is well above the 18.0% seen across Tasmania.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more common than usual, with 16.0% of people providing care and 26.7% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly. However, the share of people caring for children is much lower than most areas at 17.2%.
16.0% ▲ +14.2%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.2% ▼ -47.5%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 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.
Around 3.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
3.7%
Higher than 53% 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 St Marys [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622023/st-marys/topic/community