12.3% ▼ -36.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rosewood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rosewood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 7.5% of people in Rosewood have served in the Defence Force, which is one of the highest rates for an area of this size. While military service is common, other forms of community contribution like volunteering are less frequent here than in most other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.3% of residents volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 12.9% of people provide unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure. Around 26% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as across Australia.
12.9% ▲ +25.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 21.7%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is very high here, with 7.5% of the population having served. This is well above the 3.9% seen across Queensland and the 2.8% national average.
7.5%
Higher than 90% 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 Rosewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32475/rosewood/topic/community