18.0% ▼ -25.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rushworth · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rushworth
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Rushworth sees a much higher proportion of Defence Force veterans than most similar areas. While many residents contribute through volunteering and housework, the community is far less likely to provide unpaid childcare than the state or national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Local spirit is strong in Rushworth, where 18% of people volunteer. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 16.1% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia. However, 25.4% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%.
12.4% ▼ -16.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.1% ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.4% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 25.4%
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.
A notable 4.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits a little above the Victorian rate of 2%.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Rushworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22215/rushworth/topic/community