16.2% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gowrie Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gowrie Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in Gowrie Park provide unpaid childcare than in other areas, with only 10.8% doing so. This stands out in a community where 16.2% of residents volunteer, a rate slightly higher than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.2% of people helping out. This is a little above the Australian figure, though it sits a little below the Tasmanian average of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is far below both state and national levels at just 10.8%. Similarly, the 18.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than most areas, while 13.5% of residents provide some form of unpaid care.
13.5% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.8% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.9% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 18.9%
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.
Defence service is rare in the area, with 0.0% of people having served. This is well below the 4.0% seen across Tasmania and a little below the national figure.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Gowrie Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60243/gowrie-park/topic/community