11.8% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rockhampton City · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rockhampton City
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual 3.7% of people in Rockhampton City have served in the Defence Force. This standing contrasts with other local activities, as the area sees much lower rates of volunteering and unpaid care compared to the rest of the state and country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.8% of residents volunteer their time, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is notably low here, with only 9.8% of people providing care and 17.6% caring for children unpaid, both well below the national average.
9.8% ▲ +15.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.6% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.3% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 3.7%, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.7%
Higher than 66% 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 Rockhampton City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32449/rockhampton-city/topic/community