23.6% ▼ -26.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rockmount · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rockmount
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 32% of people in Rockmount spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure far above the national average. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, with high rates of volunteering and unpaid care for children and others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.6% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a significant part of life for many, as 20.8% provide unpaid care and 29.2% care for children. This explains why 31.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the 20.7% national figure.
20.8% ▲ +31.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.2% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.9% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 31.9%
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.
Military service is more common in Rockmount than in most other areas. About 6% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.0%
Higher than 87% 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 Rockmount [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32452/rockmount/topic/community