Rose Valley · Suburb / Locality

Community Participation in Rose Valley

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

Far more people volunteer in Rose Valley than in most other areas, with 27.3% of residents giving their time. This high level of community involvement is paired with a very high rate of people performing unpaid domestic work and childcare.

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📍 Rose Valley, Suburb / Locality

Where Rose Valley sits — Volunteers

27.3%
  • 0.0%–1.8%: 241 areas
  • 1.8%–3.6%: 57 areas
  • 3.6%–5.4%: 119 areas
  • 5.4%–7.1%: 263 areas
  • 7.1%–8.9%: 469 areas
  • 8.9%–10.7%: 671 areas
  • 10.7%–12.5%: 935 areas
  • 12.5%–14.3%: 1212 areas
  • 14.3%–16.1%: 1222 areas
  • 16.1%–17.9%: 1127 areas
  • 17.9%–19.6%: 1134 areas
  • 19.6%–21.4%: 962 areas
  • 21.4%–23.2%: 792 areas
  • 23.2%–25.0%: 619 areas
  • 25.0%–26.8%: 546 areas
  • 26.8%–28.6%: 424 areas
  • 28.6%–30.4%: 402 areas
  • 30.4%–32.1%: 275 areas
  • 32.1%–33.9%: 259 areas
  • 33.9%–35.7%: 189 areas
  • 35.7%–37.5%: 181 areas
  • 37.5%–39.3%: 141 areas
  • 39.3%–41.1%: 95 areas
  • 41.1%–42.9%: 84 areas
  • 42.9%–44.6%: 83 areas
  • 44.6%–46.4%: 75 areas
  • 46.4%–48.2%: 55 areas
  • 48.2%–50.0%: 264 areas

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Rose Valley — higher than 80% of areas.

Volunteers compared with the state and national average
Rose Valley27.3%
2630, NSW 19.2%
New South Wales 13.0%
Australia 14.1%

Participation

Volunteering for organisations and groups.

About 27.3% of people here volunteer, a figure that is far above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.

27.3%

Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 32.0%
  • 2021: 27.3%

Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.

Unpaid care & work

Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.

Half of all residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. Similarly, 36.4% provide unpaid childcare, though no one in the area provides other types of unpaid care.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 32.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.

36.4%

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 20.0%
  • 2021: 36.4%

Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.

50.0%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 24.0%
  • 2021: 50.0%

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 Rose Valley has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.

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 Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13414/rose-valley/topic/community