14.9% ▼ -30.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rosebery · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rosebery
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong history of military service marks the daily life of Rosebery, where 5.4% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is much higher than most other areas. While military service is common, fewer residents take on unpaid child care compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with 14.9% of people pitching in. This is well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 16.4% of people provide unpaid child care, which is well below both the state and national figures. However, 13.2% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, a rate a little above the national figure.
13.2% ▲ +70.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.4% ▼ -41.3%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 22.6%
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.
Rosebery has a notably high number of veterans, with 5.4% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the Tasmanian average of 4.0% and nearly double the national rate.
5.4%
Higher than 84% 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 Rosebery [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60568/rosebery/topic/community