19.1% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rocky Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rocky Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Rocky Point help out in the community compared to the state and national figures. Around 19.1% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.1% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is well above both the Queensland and Australian averages of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a major activity here, with 35.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid work a week, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. However, the 18.3% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national average of 26.3%.
11.3% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.3% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.7% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 35.7%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Rocky Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32457/rocky-point/topic/community