18.9% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hobart · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Hobart
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of volunteering mark Hobart as an active community compared to most similar areas. Nearly one in five people give their time to help others, a figure that has remained steady since 2011. This engagement is well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.9% of people in Hobart volunteer, which is higher than most areas. This rate is about the same as the Tasmanian figure and well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here at 26.5%, similar to state and national levels. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week have fallen to 19.3%, a figure that is much lower than most areas.
12.4% ▲ +7.4%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 19.3%
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 little more than 3.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the state average and slightly above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 59% of urban centre 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 Hobart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL603001/hobart/topic/community