13.6% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rocklyn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rocklyn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few residents in Rocklyn take on unpaid care or housework compared to other parts of the country. While volunteering is common, the community sees much lower rates of unpaid childcare and home duties than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 13.6% of people here volunteer, a figure that is about the same as both Victoria and the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon in the area; only 9.1% of people provide unpaid care, which is well below the Victorian figure. Similarly, the 9.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is far below the national rate of 20.7%.
9.1% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.1% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 9.1%
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, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and 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 Rocklyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22188/rocklyn/topic/community