19.5% ▼ -18.2%
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A remarkably high rate of volunteering shapes daily life in Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay, where nearly one in five residents gives their time. While this remains well above the national figure, it has dipped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.5% of people volunteer here, which is much higher than most areas and well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This is down from 23.8% in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 12.9% of people providing care, a figure slightly above the national average. About 26.4% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is roughly the same as across Australia.
12.9% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.4% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% ▲ +11.8%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 20.8%
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.
Around 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.8%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Rose Bay - Vaucluse - Watsons Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/118011346/rose-bay-vaucluse-watsons-bay/topic/community