18.3% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rous · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rous
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Rous shows a strong commitment to helping others, with many more residents stepping up for unpaid work than in most similar areas. This is a place where people are highly active in their community, with 18.3% of people volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.3% of people giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many people provide unpaid care, at 18.3%, which is much higher than most areas and well above the 11.9% national figure. While 25% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is 22.1%, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
18.3% ▲ +35.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.1% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▼ -34.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.3%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas. About 3.8% of residents have served, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Rous [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13442/rous/topic/community