27.2% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
South Hobart · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in South Hobart
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people are stepping up to help out in South Hobart than in most other areas. This is especially true for volunteering, where 27.2% of residents give their time to others, a figure far above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.2% of people helping out. This is well above the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and far above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common than in many other areas. Only 11.8% of people provide unpaid care, and 19.4% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is a little below the national figure.
11.8% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.8% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 19.4%
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.
About 3.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.0%
Higher than 55% 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 South Hobart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60615/south-hobart/topic/community