19.1% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mole Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mole Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 19.1% of people in Mole Creek volunteer their time. This community shows a strong tendency toward service, with high rates of both volunteering and military history compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.1% of residents helping out, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure and well above the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people provide unpaid childcare than in most areas, 25.2% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national and state figures. Unpaid care for others sits at 13.6%, which is about the same as the state average.
13.6% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.3% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 25.2%
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.
Defence service is very common in this area, with 7.2% of people having served, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages.
7.2%
Higher than 89% 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 Mole Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60409/mole-creek/topic/community