16.9% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rugby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rugby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Rugby provide unpaid care than in most similar areas. While 25.4% of residents give unpaid care, which is far above the national figure, a smaller proportion are looking after children compared to other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.9% of people helping out. This is well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is very common at 25.4%, which is far above the national figure of 11.9%. However, people caring for children (16.9%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (18.3%) are both much lower than in most areas.
25.4% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.9% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 18.3%
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 proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.6% of the population having served.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Rugby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13453/rugby/topic/community