19.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rossarden · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rossarden
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Rossarden stands out among similar areas for its high levels of community support and unpaid care. While 19% of residents volunteer, the most striking figure is the high rate of people providing unpaid care for others, which is well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19% of people in Rossarden volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 16.7% of residents doing so, a figure well above the national average. This stands in contrast to childcare, as the 16.7% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Tasmanian figure of 25.6%. Meanwhile, 23.8% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure.
16.7% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.7% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 23.8%
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.
No one in Rossarden has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is lower than most areas and well below the state average of 4%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Rossarden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60576/rossarden/topic/community