11.5% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rodds Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rodds Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Rodds Bay is marked by a high number of people managing home responsibilities and a strong history of military service. While only 11.5% of residents volunteer, a striking 34.4% spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are much lower than in most areas, with 11.5% of people helping out, which is a little below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common here, as 34.4% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on it, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This sits alongside a very low rate of people caring for children unpaid, at just 7.6%.
13.0% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
7.6% —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.4% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 34.4%
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 much more common here than in most areas, with 6.3% of people having served in the Defence Force, well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.3%
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 Rodds Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32460/rodds-bay/topic/community