7.5% ▼ -21.9%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Roselands · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Roselands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Roselands than in the rest of the country. Only 7.5% of residents do volunteer work, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This low level of community involvement stands out compared to other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.5% of residents volunteer, a figure that is among the lowest for its area type and well below the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common here at 24.7%, which is about the same as the state figure. Meanwhile, 12.5% of people provide some form of unpaid care, while 19.8% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is much lower than most areas.
12.5% ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% ▲ +4.1%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 19.8%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force at 0.7%, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
0.7%
Lower than 70% 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 Roselands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13423/roselands/topic/community