22.2% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rosevears · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rosevears
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 22% of people in Rosevears volunteer, a figure that is well above the national average. This high level of community involvement defines the area's social character. While many residents give their time to others, the ways they provide unpaid support vary across the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.2% of people helping out, which is well above the 18% seen across Tasmania and 14.1% nationally.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 29.2% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, the 13.7% who provide unpaid care is higher than most areas, though the 20.6% who care for children unpaid is well below the national average.
13.7% ▲ +25.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.6% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.2% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 29.2%
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 much more common here than in most areas, with 4.7% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Rosevears [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60572/rosevears/topic/community