6.3% ▼ -28.4%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rockbank · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rockbank
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of parents are balancing family life in Rockbank, where 30% of people provide unpaid childcare. While many are busy with children, this is a place where few people have the time or inclination to volunteer, with only 6.3% of residents doing so.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.3% of people in Rockbank volunteer, a figure that is well below both the Victorian and national rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here at 30%, which is well above the national figure. In contrast, the proportion of people providing other types of unpaid care or doing heavy housework is much lower than in most areas.
8.9% ▼ -22.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% ▲ +24.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.6% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 17.6%
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.
Defence service is less common in Rockbank than in most areas, with 1.2% of the population having served.
1.2%
Lower than 66% 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 Rockbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22186/rockbank/topic/community