23.4% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Melrose · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Melrose
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Melrose volunteer their time, a rate well above the national figure. This spirit of contribution is seen across the area, with high levels of unpaid care and a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.4% of residents helping out, which is well above the 18% seen across Tasmania and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Residents provide a lot of unpaid support, with 15.6% providing unpaid care and 31.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both far above national figures. This stands in contrast to unpaid childcare, which at 23.4% is a little below the Australian average.
15.6% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.4% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.2% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 31.2%
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 in most areas, with 6.4% of people having served in the Defence Force, well above the 2.8% national figure.
6.4%
Higher than 88% 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 Melrose [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60394/melrose/topic/community