20.0% ▼ -35.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rosebank · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rosebank
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people get involved in volunteering in Rosebank than in most similar areas. About 20% of residents give their time to a cause, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in five people here volunteer, a rate that is well above both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common, with 29.7% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, which is much higher than most areas. In contrast, the proportion of people providing unpaid care or looking after children is well below the national average.
8.9% ▼ -53.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.9% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.7% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 29.7%
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.
About 3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Rosebank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13415/rosebank/topic/community