8.8% ▼ -66.3%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rock Flat · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rock Flat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people get involved in unpaid work or volunteering in Rock Flat compared to the rest of the state. Only 8.8% of residents volunteer, and the rate of those caring for children is much lower than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is rare here, with only 8.8% of people helping out. This is well below both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is far below the national figure, with only 16.2% of people involved. Other unpaid work is more common; 20.6% do at least 15 hours of housework, which is about the same as the state average.
10.3% ▼ -49.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.2% ▼ -32.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 Rock Flat has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% national figure.
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 Rock Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13391/rock-flat/topic/community