21.7% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Flowery Gully · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Flowery Gully
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of service defines Flowery Gully, where residents give back to their community and families far more than is typical. The area stands out for its high rates of volunteering and unpaid care, marking it as a place where people are deeply invested in supporting others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than one in five people (21.7%) volunteer here, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and far higher than the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in Flowery Gully; 31.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the Australian figure of 20.7%. This high level of domestic work sits alongside strong rates of unpaid care for others (18.8%) and children (27.5%).
18.8% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.5% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.9% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 31.9%
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.
Military service is much more common here than elsewhere, with 8.7% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 4.0% seen across Tasmania and the 2.8% national average.
8.7%
Higher than 93% 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 Flowery Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60206/flowery-gully/topic/community