15.6% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rowena · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rowena
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A small number of residents in Rowena provide unpaid care or housework compared to other areas. While volunteer rates are a little above the national figure, the area has seen very little change in its overall patterns of community contribution since the last census.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.6% of people here volunteer, which is a little above both the New South Wales figure and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower than most areas, with only 9.2% of people providing unpaid care. This is consistent with the fact that those caring for children unpaid (22.0%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (16.3%) are both well below the national figures.
9.2% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.0% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.3% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 16.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.8% of the population, which is about the same as the Australian average.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Rowena [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13446/rowena/topic/community