18.6% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rookhurst · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rookhurst
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteering and care roles have remained key parts of life in Rookhurst, where 18.6% of people give their time to help others. This level of community spirit is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.6% of people in Rookhurst volunteer, which is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 28.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 18.6% providing unpaid care, both well above national figures. However, the 8.5% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Australian average.
18.6% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.5% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.8% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 28.8%
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.
No one in Rookhurst has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures.
0.0%
Lower 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 Rookhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13408/rookhurst/topic/community