20.4% ▼ -17.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ross · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ross
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping out defines Ross, where 20.4% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, showing a community that gives a lot of its own time to local causes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most similar areas, with 20.4% of residents pitching in, which is a little above the Tasmanian rate of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas; only 7.6% provide care and just 12.8% look after children unpaid, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. However, 24.8% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, well above the Australian average.
7.6% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.8% ▼ -33.9%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 24.8%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 5.1% of residents having served in the Defence Force, slightly above the Tasmanian rate of 4.0%.
5.1%
Higher than 82% 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 Ross [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60575/ross/topic/community