14.0% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mowbray · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mowbray
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people get involved in unpaid work and volunteering in Mowbray compared to most similar areas. Only 14% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Tasmanian average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Mowbray sit at 14%, which is well below the 18% seen across Tasmania, though it is about the same as the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower here than in most areas. Only 16.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, and the 20.5% who provide unpaid childcare is well below both state and national figures.
11.5% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.1% ▼ -19.9%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 16.1%
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.
About 3.1% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the rates for Tasmania and Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Mowbray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60437/mowbray/topic/community