20.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Upper Rouchel · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Upper Rouchel
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in five people volunteer in Upper Rouchel, making it a place where community contribution is much more common than in other areas. This high level of local engagement stands out against a lower tendency to provide unpaid care or housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very active here, with 20% of people giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common in Upper Rouchel than in most areas. While 24.6% of people care for children—about the same as the state average—only 4.6% provide other unpaid care, which is well below the national figure of 11.9%.
4.6% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.9% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 16.9%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the 2.8% recorded across Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Upper Rouchel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14062/upper-rouchel/topic/community