12.3% ▼ -26.6%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rouse Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rouse Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Rouse Hill provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family care stands out as the most common form of community contribution in the area, while other types of volunteering and service are less frequent.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 12.3% of residents volunteer their time, which is much lower than in most other areas and slightly below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Rouse Hill sees a high rate of family support, with 30.6% of people caring for children unpaid, which is well above the state and national figures. However, those providing other types of unpaid care are much fewer than in most areas, at 9.6%.
9.6% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.6% ▼ -27.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.2%
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 21.3%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most areas, with 2.0% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Rouse Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13444/rouse-hill/topic/community