23.3% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rossvale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rossvale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have grown significantly in Rossvale, which now sees 23.3% of people giving their time to others. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. While community spirit is high, the area has very few people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A strong 23.3% of residents volunteer here, which is higher than most similar areas and well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many people provide unpaid care at 16.4%, a figure well above the national average of 11.9%. However, the proportion of people doing unpaid housework or caring for children is lower than in most other areas.
16.4% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.3%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.2% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 19.2%
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 Rossvale has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
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 Rossvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32481/rossvale/topic/community