13.9% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Montrose · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Montrose
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A smaller proportion of people in Montrose volunteer compared to the rest of Tasmania. While 13.9% of residents give their time to others, this is well below the state figure of 18%. Other forms of community contribution, like unpaid care and military service, are more common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common in Montrose than in most similar areas. The 13.9% rate is well below the Tasmanian average, though it is about the same as the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 12.1% of people provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the state and national figures. However, the 19.1% of residents doing over 15 hours of unpaid housework is much lower than in most other areas.
12.1% ▲ +4.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.1% ▲ +1.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 19.1%
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.
Military service is more frequent here than in most similar areas. About 3.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Montrose [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60416/montrose/topic/community