28.9% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rosebrook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rosebrook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Rosebrook volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community involvement is a standout feature for the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time to others than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.9% of residents helping out, a figure far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent in Rosebrook, where 34% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with the area having a well above average rate of people providing unpaid care, at 19.6%.
19.6% ▲ +50.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.0% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 34.0%
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.
A little more than 4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a higher rate than most similar areas.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 Rosebrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22197/rosebrook/topic/community