19.4% ▼ -31.6%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
White Beach · Urban Centre
Community Participation in White Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in White Beach (L) serve their community through volunteering and defence than in most other areas. While 19.4% of residents volunteer, the number of people providing unpaid care has also risen. These figures show a place where residents are significantly more active in supporting others compared to the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are well above the national figure at 19.4%, though this is a drop of 9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is far below the state and national averages at 11.4%, yet 27.3% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Meanwhile, the proportion of people providing other unpaid care rose to 14.9% since 2011.
14.9% ▲ +47.1%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.4% ▼ -42.6%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 27.3%
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.
Defence service is very common here, with 8% of residents having served, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 4%.
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 White Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622027/white-beach/topic/community