13.7% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rushforth · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rushforth
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more residents in Rushforth provide unpaid care and housework than the state average. While volunteering is typical for the region, the level of home-based support and family care is strikingly high. This highlights a community where a large proportion of people dedicate significant time to looking after others and managing the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.7% of people in Rushforth volunteer, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are very common here, with 15.5% of people providing unpaid care and 29.6% caring for children, both well above the national figures. Additionally, 31.8% of residents do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework, which is far above the New South Wales average.
15.5% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.6% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.8% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 31.8%
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 higher than usual proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 3.3% of residents having served, slightly above the state figure.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Rushforth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13461/rushforth/topic/community