11.8% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rosslea · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rosslea
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of Defence Force veterans live in Rosslea, with 7.8% of residents having served. This is one of the most striking features of the area's community profile, standing well above national and state levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with 11.8% of people helping out, which is a little below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas. Only 8.4% of people provide unpaid care, and the number of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is among the lowest across the country at 13.7%.
8.4% ▲ +6.8%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.3% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.7% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 13.7%
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.
The 7.8% of residents who served in the Defence Force is among the highest for any similar area, sitting well above the 3.9% seen across Queensland.
7.8%
Higher than 91% 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 Rosslea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32478/rosslea/topic/community