6.9% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rockdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rockdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in Rockdale engage in unpaid work and volunteering than in most similar areas. Only 6.9% of the population volunteers, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This trend of lower participation extends to childcare and home duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest at this level for Rockdale, with only 6.9% of people helping out, well below the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas. Just 19.4% care for children and 7.9% provide other unpaid care, both figures sitting well below the national averages.
7.9% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.4% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.0% ▲ +17.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 16.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 0.6% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
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 Rockdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13394/rockdale/topic/community