27.7% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rhymney · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rhymney
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong tradition of service and support has stayed central to Rhymney, where community involvement is far higher than in most other areas. Nearly 30% of residents provide unpaid care, and volunteering rates are double the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.7% of people giving their time, which is far above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is very common, with 29.8% of people doing so, far above the national figure of 11.9%. While 23.4% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, only 12.8% provide unpaid childcare, which is among the lowest for its level.
29.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.8% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 23.4%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most areas, with 6.8% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
6.8%
Higher than 89% 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 Rhymney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22165/rhymney/topic/community