# Community Participation — St Marys

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

Area: St Marys (Urban Centre)

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.

Volunteering is common here, with 21.9% of people helping out, which is well above the 18.0% seen across Tasmania.

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%.

Around 3.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Tasmania and Australia.

## Statistics

| Statistic | Value | Change since |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Volunteers | 21.9% | -24.0% since 2011 |
| People providing unpaid care | 16.0% | +14.2% since 2011 |
| People caring for children unpaid | 17.2% | -47.5% since 2011 |
| People who served in the Defence Force | 3.7% | — |
| People doing 15+ hours of unpaid housework | 26.7% | -7.0% since 2011 |

Interactive: https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622023/st-marys/topic/community