4.5% —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mella · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mella
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far lower rate of volunteering than the rest of Tasmania marks the community profile of Mella. While only 4.5% of residents volunteer, a very high proportion of the population is tied up in unpaid family work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 4.5% of people in Mella volunteer, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 37.3% of people caring for children—far above the 26.3% national average. Around 26.9% also do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, though only 6.0% provide other unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
6.0% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.3% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.9% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 26.9%
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.
No one in Mella has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and well below the Tasmanian average of 4.0%.
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 Mella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60393/mella/topic/community