17.9% ▼ -34.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rous Mill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rous Mill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Rous Mill provide unpaid childcare, reflecting a community with a high level of family and social support. Residents here are far more likely to volunteer and care for others than those in the rest of the state or country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.9% of residents are volunteers, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 15.4% of people providing care and 30.2% looking after children, both of which are much higher than most areas. Additionally, 25.3% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, well above the national figure of 20.7%.
15.4% ▼ -22.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.2% ▲ +38.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.3% ▼ -14.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 25.3%
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 much higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.9% of residents having served.
4.9%
Higher than 80% 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 Mill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13443/rous-mill/topic/community