23.6% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rappville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rappville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Rappville volunteer their time, making it a place where residents are far more likely to give back than people in the rest of the state. This strong spirit of helping others is mirrored in the high rates of unpaid care and housework within the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 23.6% of people pitching in. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and well above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of local life; 19.1% of people provide unpaid care, which is much higher than in most other areas. This trend continues with housework, as 26.4% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on chores, well above the national figure of 20.7%.
19.1% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▲ +9.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.4% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 26.4%
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.
No one in Rappville has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national rates.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Rappville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13331/rappville/topic/community