15.9% ▲ +41.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
The Rocks · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in The Rocks
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Low rates of unpaid care work define daily life in The Rocks, where only 8.6% of people provide unpaid care. This is much lower than most areas, though 15.9% of residents still find time to volunteer.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The Rocks sees a slightly higher rate of volunteering than the national figure of 14.1%, though this is still lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is far less common here than across Australia, with only 13.6% of people caring for children unpaid. This is far below the national figure of 26.3%, and the 13.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is also well below the national average.
8.6% ▲ +155.0%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.6% ▲ +76.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.6% ▲ +125.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 13.6%
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.
About 2.9% of people in the area have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 The Rocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13856/the-rocks/topic/community