16.8% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rose Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rose Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 17% of people in Rose Bay give their time to volunteering, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average. This reflects a community where many residents actively contribute to local causes and organisations.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.8% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. This level of involvement is around the middle for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children involves 24.5% of people, which is about the same as the state average. However, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are much lower than most areas at 17.6%, well below the national figure of 20.7%.
10.9% ▲ +1.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% ▼ -12.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.6% ▲ +15.2%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 17.6%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 1.5% of the population. This is lower than most areas and sits a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 64% 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 Rose Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13412/rose-bay/topic/community