6.6% ▼ -35.6%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rooty Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rooty Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 6.6% of people volunteer their time in Rooty Hill, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. This low level of community volunteering stands out as the most striking feature of local participation. Other forms of unpaid work and service are also generally lower than in other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for areas of this type, with only 6.6% of residents helping out. This is well below the 13.0% seen across New South Wales and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 24.8% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the state average. However, other forms of help are much lower than most areas, with only 9.2% providing unpaid care and 18.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework.
9.2% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.8% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.5% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 18.5%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 0.8%. This is lower than most areas and sits a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
0.8%
Lower than 69% 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 Rooty Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13410/rooty-hill/topic/community