22.2% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rossville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rossville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines daily life in Rossville, where 22.2% of people give their time to help others. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, marking the area as a place where community contribution is much more common than in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.2% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 25.5% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure—far fewer people here provide unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country.
11.6% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.4% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 25.5%
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 Rossville has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the state rate 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 Rossville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32482/rossville/topic/community