8.0% ▼ -29.6%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rhodes · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rhodes
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 8% of people volunteer in Rhodes, which is one of the lowest rates for any similar area. This low level of community involvement is mirrored by very low rates of unpaid care and housework across the suburb.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is well below the national figure of 14.1%, with only 8% of residents giving their time to others.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people here take on unpaid work at home; only 19.6% care for children and 5.6% provide general unpaid care, both of which are much lower than most areas.
5.6% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.6% ▲ +21.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.5% ▲ +41.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 15.5%
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 less common here than in other areas, with 0.6% of residents having served, a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
0.6%
Lower than 71% 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 Rhodes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13372/rhodes/topic/community