12.5% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hobartville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hobartville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong history of military service defines daily life for many in Hobartville, where 4.4% of people have served in the Defence Force. While this is much higher than most areas, other forms of community contribution are more modest. Unpaid care and household work are common, though formal volunteering is less frequent here than in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.5% of residents are volunteers, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is a little below the Australian average and about the same as the New South Wales figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 12.6% of people provide unpaid care, a figure around the middle for its level. This includes 27.0% who care for children unpaid and 22.6% who do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are a little above the national figures.
12.6% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality 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.
Service in the Defence Force is a standout feature for Hobartville, with 4.4% of people having served. This is much higher than most areas and a little above the rates for both New South Wales and Australia.
4.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality 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 Hobartville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11924/hobartville/topic/community