14.3% ▼ -29.3%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rosebery · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Rosebery
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong history of military service stands out in Rosebery, where 5.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits above both the state and national figures. Other forms of community work and unpaid care have generally declined here over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped significantly since 2011, falling by 5.9 points to 14.3%. This is now well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%, though it remains about the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children has seen a sharp decline, falling 13 points since 2011 to 16.6%, which is well below both the state and national figures. Meanwhile, 13.2% of people provide some form of unpaid care, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
13.2% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.6% ▼ -43.6%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -13.1%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 22.8%
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.
More people in Rosebery have served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas. At 5.4%, this is a little above the 4.0% seen across Tasmania and the 2.8% national average.
5.4%
Higher than 83% 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 Rosebery [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621023/rosebery/topic/community