5.7% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Direction · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Direction
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Mount Direction volunteer compared to similar areas, but the community is much more likely to provide unpaid care. While only 5.7% of residents volunteer, 16.6% provide unpaid care for others. This reflects a local profile where private support roles are more common than formal community volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very low here, with only 5.7% of people taking part. This is far below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and well below the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, as 16.6% of residents provide this support, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. This sits alongside 26.1% of people caring for children unpaid and 22.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
16.6% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 22.7%
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 more frequent here than in most similar areas. About 4.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.2%
Higher than 74% 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 Mount Direction [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60426/mount-direction/topic/community