22.4% ▼ -31.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rocky River · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rocky River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Rocky River volunteer their time, making it a place where community contribution is far more common than in most other areas. This high level of local involvement stands out against a lower rate of unpaid family care compared to the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.4% of residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people here care for children unpaid compared to the rest of the country, at 19.3%. Unpaid care for others is also a little below the national figure, while 21.6% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, which is about the same as across Australia.
10.4% ▼ -26.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.3% ▼ -38.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 21.6%
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 around the middle for its level, with 2.6% of people having served, a figure about the same as across New South Wales and Australia.
2.6%
Higher than 50% 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 River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13405/rocky-river/topic/community