TASMANIA will have more volunteers as the state's population grows but they will be much older.
A new report by Volunteering Tasmania, issued to coincide with International Volunteer Day, shows the number of people giving up their time without financial reward is expected to climb to 233,000 people by 2050.
But these volunteers will be older, with one in three expected to be aged over 65.
Just one in five of the state's existing volunteer pool of 160,000 people is over 65 years old.
Volunteering Tasmania engaged local demographer Professor Natalie Jackson to project the profile of the state's volunteers.
Her projections are based on 2010 volunteering rates.
In 2010, Baby Boomers made up 40 per cent of all volunteers while previous generations made up 18 per cent.
Generation X made up 19 per cent and Generation Y contributed 23 per cent of the volunteer population.
VT CEO Adrienne Picone said Tasmanian volunteers were projected to age considerably as Baby Boomer numbers continued to grow but Generation Y started to overtake as a generation.
Demographer Bernard Salt said volunteering was the single most important factor in driving successful communities in the modern age.
"I would argue that the role and importance of volunteering is increasing as the 21st century advances," Mr Salt said in the report.
"Before this century there was no extensive middle-class with the time and the means to make a social contribution.
"During wars and depression, communities were bound together by external threats.
"In the absence of a common enemy … and most importantly with an economy where there are clear winners and losers, there is now more than ever a need for volunteering."
Volunteering Tasmania said it would now work towards recruiting more volunteers with meaningful roles through better planning and human resource management.
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