14.6% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rowella · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rowella
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Rowella has shifted since 2011, now marked by a high rate of people doing significant housework. While 14.6% of residents volunteer, a striking 29.8% spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The proportion of people who volunteer is 14.6%, which is lower than most similar areas and well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common here, with 29.8% of people doing 15 or more hours weekly, a figure well above the national 20.7%. Conversely, those caring for children unpaid are well below the national average at 22.5%, while 13.2% provide some form of unpaid care.
13.2% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.8% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 29.8%
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.
A much higher share of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.7% of the population having served.
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 Rowella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60578/rowella/topic/community