28.0% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rosewood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rosewood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Rosewood volunteer, making it a place where community contribution is far more common than in most of the country. Residents here are much more likely to give their time to others than those in the rest of New South Wales.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Rosewood, with 28.0% of people helping out, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a big part of life here, as 33.5% of people care for children and 30.5% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly—both figures are well above the national average. However, only 10.4% provide other forms of unpaid care, which is a little below the Australian figure.
10.4% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.5% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.5% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 30.5%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas, with 6.7% of people having served in the Defence Force compared to just 2.8% nationally.
6.7%
Higher than 88% 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 Rosewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13429/rosewood/topic/community