11.8% ▼ -32.8%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rocky Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rocky Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of unpaid care defines Rocky Point, where 16.7% of people provide care for others. This is well above the national figure of 11.9%. While many residents support others in their homes, fewer people here engage in formal volunteering compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.8% of people in Rocky Point volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is very common here at 16.7%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 11.5%. Around 25.9% of people care for children unpaid, while 20.2% do 15 or more hours of housework a week.
16.7% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▼ -34.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.6%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 20.2%
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 2.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13403/rocky-point/topic/community