19.3% ▼ -37.2%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rokewood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rokewood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Rokewood volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This level of community involvement stands out as the most striking feature of local participation. While volunteering is high, other forms of unpaid work and service are more in line with typical patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A high 19.3% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the national figure of 14.1%. This puts the area around the middle compared to similar places.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is a little below the national figure at 23.4%, and 10.5% of people provide other unpaid care, which is also a little below the Australian average. However, 23.4% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the Victorian average.
10.5% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.4% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 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.
About 2.8% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both Victoria and Australia.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 Rokewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22191/rokewood/topic/community