11.1% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rocky Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rocky Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of community and home support define Rocky Creek compared to most other areas. While very few people here volunteer or provide unpaid care, the area has a strikingly high number of residents who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.1% of people volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is rare here; just 11.1% do 15 or more hours of housework, and the percentage of people providing unpaid care is far below the national figure at 0.0%. This trend extends to childcare, where 14.8% of people provide unpaid care for children, far below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.8% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.1% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 11.1%
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.
A high 14.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is far above both the New South Wales and national averages.
14.8%
Higher 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 Rocky Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13398/rocky-creek/topic/community