20.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Roseberg · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Roseberg
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 10.0% of residents in Roseberg have served in the Defence Force, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This community is also very active in giving back, with a high proportion of people volunteering and a much lower rate of unpaid care duties than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in five people here volunteer their time, a figure that is well above the 14.1% national average and higher than most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is far less common here than elsewhere, with only 7.5% of people caring for children—well below the New South Wales figure of 25.3%. Similarly, people providing any form of unpaid care are much fewer than in most other areas.
7.5% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
7.5% —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 20.0%
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.
The proportion of people who have served in the Defence Force is well above the Australian average of 2.8%, ranking among the highest for this level of area.
10.0%
Higher than 96% 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 Roseberg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13416/roseberg/topic/community