19.7% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rock Valley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rock Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, nearly 20% of people in Rock Valley volunteer their time. This level of community involvement is seen across the area, where residents are also much more likely to provide unpaid care and housework than those in other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.7% of residents helping out. This is well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents provide unpaid support, with 16.2% providing care and 30.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both figures being well above the national average. Unpaid childcare is also common at 26.6%, which is a little above the state rate.
16.2% ▲ +75.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.1% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 30.1%
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.
About 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13393/rock-valley/topic/community