17.6% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rockyview · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rockyview
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Rockyview provide unpaid care for children than in other areas, with 37.3% of residents doing so. This high level of family support is a standout feature of the local community. Other forms of participation and service are more typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.6% of people helping out, which is well above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in Rockyview; 26.5% of people do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend is consistent with the area's very high rate of unpaid childcare and the 13.4% who provide other forms of care.
13.4% ▲ +31.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.3% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.5% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 26.5%
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 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian average and a little below the Queensland figure.
2.9%
Higher than 53% 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 Rockyview [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32459/rockyview/topic/community