17.2% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 17.2%
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.
More than 32% of people in Rocky Point provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This reflects a community with a high proportion of people looking after children, while other forms of unpaid care and volunteering remain relatively common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.2% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While many people care for children, only 6.1% provide other types of unpaid care, which is much lower than the national figure of 11.9%. Similarly, the 16.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is well below the Australian average of 20.7%.
6.1% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.1% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.3% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 16.3%
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.
Around 3.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a rate that is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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/SAL32458/rocky-point/topic/community