18.6% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Howrah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Howrah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 30.2% of people in Howrah provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This is an active community where residents are more likely to help others and serve their country than people in most other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.6% of residents volunteer, a figure that is roughly the same as the Tasmanian average and well above the Australian rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 12.9% of people providing general care and 24.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the national average.
12.9% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.2% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 24.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 5.3% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and a little above both the state and national rates.
5.3%
Higher than 83% 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 Howrah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60281/howrah/topic/community