18.4% ▼ -15.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Norwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Norwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Norwood (Tas.) now volunteer, a rate that has remained steady with the state average. The area shows a strong commitment to others, with a notably high number of former Defence Force members living here compared to other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.4% of residents volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas. This is about the same as the Tasmanian figure and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 25.7% of people caring for children and 12.6% providing other unpaid care. Both figures are about the same as the state and national averages.
12.6% ▲ +1.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -10.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 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.
A much higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force than in most other areas. At 4.8%, this is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.8%
Higher than 79% 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 Norwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60464/norwood/topic/community