29.9% ▲ +59.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Broadmarsh · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Broadmarsh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost 30% of people in Broadmarsh volunteer, a figure that puts the area far above the national average. This high level of community involvement is seen across the board, with residents providing significantly more unpaid care and housework than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.9% of residents pitching in. This is far above the 18% seen across Tasmania and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life in Broadmarsh, where 38.6% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly—far above the national figure of 20.7%. This sits alongside a high rate of unpaid care, with 35.4% of people caring for children, which is well above both the state and national averages.
15.0% ▲ +26.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.4% ▲ +33.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
38.6% ▲ +20.3%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 38.6%
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.
About 2.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8% and a little below the Tasmanian figure of 4%.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Broadmarsh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60077/broadmarsh/topic/community