17.5% ▼ -35.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Flowerdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Flowerdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Flowerdale spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average. This community is more active in unpaid work and care than most similar areas, while maintaining a volunteering rate that sits comfortably above the Australian figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.5% of residents volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and matches the Tasmanian figure. This is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.3% of people providing care, which is higher than most areas. This aligns with the 25.3% who care for children unpaid, though the proportion of people doing heavy housework is much higher than the state and national figures.
14.3% ▲ +72.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.3% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.5% ▼ -15.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 29.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.7% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas and sits about the same as the Tasmanian and Australian figures.
3.7%
Higher than 66% 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 Flowerdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60204/flowerdale/topic/community