9.2% ▼ -14.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rosebery · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rosebery
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 9.2% of people in Rosebery volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This is a place where community involvement and unpaid care are both much lower than in most other areas. These trends highlight a local population that is far less likely to spend time on unpaid work or volunteering compared to the rest of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.2% of residents volunteer their time. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 7.7% of people providing unpaid care. This is well below the national figure of 11.9%, and far fewer people here care for children (18.7%) or do 15+ hours of housework (14.9%) compared to the rest of Australia.
7.7% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.7% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.9% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 14.9%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 1.6% of the population. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 62% 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 Rosebery [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13419/rosebery/topic/community