14.2% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 58% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rockhampton · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Rockhampton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Rockhampton than in most similar areas. While 12.2% of residents provide unpaid care and 3.4% have served in the Defence Force, the number of locals volunteering has dropped over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.2% of people in Rockhampton volunteer, which is roughly the same as the Queensland and national figures. This is a decline from 2011, when the volunteering rate was 18.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A higher share of the population than most areas provide unpaid childcare, at 27.2%. Meanwhile, 21.1% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework and 12.2% provide other unpaid care, a figure that rose since 2011.
12.2% ▲ +18.5%
Higher than 50% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 50% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 21.1%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.4% of the population having served. This is about the same as the Queensland figure of 3.9% and slightly higher than the Australian average.
3.4%
Higher than 64% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Rockhampton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30803/rockhampton/topic/community