11.5% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rossi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rossi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Rossi than in most similar areas, with 37.9% caring for children. While domestic responsibilities are common here, other forms of community involvement are less frequent than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas. Only 11.5% of people volunteer, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, with 31% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the 20.7% national average. This is consistent with the high rate of people caring for children, which is 12 points higher than across Australia.
11.5% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.9% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.1%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.0% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 31.0%
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.
No one in Rossi has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the New South Wales average of 2.3%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Rossi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13433/rossi/topic/community