27.7% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rolleston · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rolleston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Rolleston volunteer, a figure that is far above the national average. This high level of community involvement stands out in a place where few people have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are much higher here than in most other areas, with 27.7% of residents giving their time compared to just 14.1% across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 30.7% of people provide unpaid childcare—well above the national figure of 26.3%—very few residents provide other types of unpaid care, at just 3.0%. Meanwhile, 18.8% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little below the 20.7% seen statewide.
3.0% ▲ —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.7% ▼ -22.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.4%
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% ▼ -32.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 18.8%
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 3.9% seen across Queensland.
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 Rolleston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32462/rolleston/topic/community