20.1% ▼ -24.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rockley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rockley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Rockley contribute their time to others than in the rest of the state. This is most evident in the high rates of unpaid care and volunteering, with 23.5% of residents providing unpaid care—a figure far above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.1% of residents helping out, which is well above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very high, as 23.5% of people provide this support, far exceeding the New South Wales figure of 11.5%. Meanwhile, 22.8% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is a little above the national average.
23.5% ▲ +129.7%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.2% ▼ -25.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 22.8%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 4.8% of the population having served, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
4.8%
Higher than 79% 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 Rockley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13395/rockley/topic/community