15.3% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Dowsing Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Dowsing Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 42% of people in Dowsing Point provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. This high level of family care is a defining feature of the area, though local volunteer rates remain slightly lower than the state average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.3% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little below the Tasmania figure but a little above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 25.4% of people providing support—far above the national figure of 11.9%. This is driven by the 42.4% who care for children unpaid, while 27.1% also spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
25.4% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
42.4% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 27.1%
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.
A high proportion of the community has military experience, as 7.0% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is well above both the state and national figures.
7.0%
Higher than 89% 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 Dowsing Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60167/dowsing-point/topic/community