29.3% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Robertstown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Robertstown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of residents in Robertstown volunteer their time, a figure far above the national average. This community is marked by high levels of unpaid support, both through formal volunteering and care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.3% of people helping out, which is far above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is high, as 21.7% of people provide care and 29.3% do at least 15 hours of housework, though only 16.2% care for children unpaid, which is far below the national average.
21.7% ▲ +51.0%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.2% ▼ -21.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.3% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 29.3%
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 areas, with 5.9% of residents having served, well above the 2.8% Australian figure.
5.9%
Higher than 87% 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 Robertstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41265/robertstown/topic/community