21.9% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rowsley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rowsley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 22% of people in Rowsley volunteer, a figure that is well above the national average. This high level of community involvement is seen alongside a strong tradition of service and a high rate of unpaid work at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.9% of residents giving their time, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent in Rowsley, where 29.2% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, much higher than most areas. While 15.2% provide some form of unpaid care, the 20.8% who care for children unpaid is well below the national figure.
15.2% ▲ +53.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.8% ▼ -36.9%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.2% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 29.2%
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 higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 4.4%, which is a little above the Victorian rate of 2.0%.
4.4%
Higher than 76% 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 Rowsley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22206/rowsley/topic/community