21.5% ▼ -22.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Roseville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Roseville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Roseville has remained strong and active over the last decade. The area is defined by a high level of civic engagement, with 21.5% of residents volunteering their time, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More people volunteer here than in most similar areas. At 21.5%, the rate is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common in Roseville, where 31.4% of people care for children unpaid, which is much higher than most areas. This is consistent with 25.9% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. However, those providing other types of unpaid care sit at 11.7%, about the same as the rest of the state.
11.7% ▲ +0.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.4% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.9% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 25.9%
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.
Those who have served in the Defence Force make up 1.6% of the population. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average 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 Roseville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13426/roseville/topic/community