13.8% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rosslyn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rosslyn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual share of residents in Rosslyn have served in the Defence Force, with 5% of the population having done so. While many people here contribute to their homes and families, the area sees lower levels of unpaid care and volunteering than many other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 13.8% of people in Rosslyn volunteer, which is about the same as the state and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is typical for Australia, the 8.5% of people providing other forms of unpaid care is well below the national figure.
8.5% ▲ +15.1%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 22.1%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most other areas, with 5% of the population having served, which is a little above the 2.8% national average.
5.0%
Higher than 81% 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 Rosslyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32479/rosslyn/topic/community