19.6% —
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Remainder of State/Territory · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Remainder of State/Territory
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Remainder of State/Territory (Tas.) involves a strong commitment to helping others, with 19.6% of people volunteering. This rate is well above the national figure of 14.1% and higher than most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost one in five people here volunteer their time, which is a little above the Tasmanian average of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high proportion of residents perform significant unpaid work, with 27.0% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, the 13.6% who provide unpaid care is a little above the Australian average.
13.6% —
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% —
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% —
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
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.
More people have served in the Defence Force here than in most similar areas, at 4.2%. This is a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
4.2%
Higher than 66% 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 Remainder of State/Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL631001/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/community