11.1% ▼ -25.9%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rocklea · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rocklea
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 11.1% of people in Rocklea volunteer, which is well below the national figure. This lower rate of community involvement is seen across the board, with far fewer residents providing unpaid care or doing housework compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most areas. At 11.1%, the rate is a little below the Queensland average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care and housework are both well below the national and state figures. Only 20.2% of people care for children unpaid, and just 9.6% provide any form of unpaid care.
9.6% ▲ +21.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.2% ▲ +8.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.6% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 14.6%
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 2.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the Queensland figure and about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Rocklea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32451/rocklea/topic/community