22.3% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rockleigh · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rockleigh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Rockleigh are giving their time to others than in most other areas, with 22.3% of residents volunteering. This high level of community spirit is reflected in the strong proportion of people providing unpaid care and support to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.3% of people helping out, which is well above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 20.7% of residents providing support and 28.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework—both figures are well above the national average. However, those caring for children unpaid (22.7%) are well below the national figure of 26.3%.
20.7% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.7% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.5% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 28.5%
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.
A higher than usual proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 3.8% of residents having served, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
3.8%
Higher than 68% 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 Rockleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41267/rockleigh/topic/community