11.7% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rosewater · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rosewater
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in Rosewater get involved in community activities compared to most other areas. Only 11.7% of residents volunteer, which is well below the South Australian figure of 17%. This trend of lower participation extends to unpaid housework and childcare as well.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas. At 11.7%, the rate is a little below the national figure and well below the 17% seen across South Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people here provide unpaid childcare (23.3%) or do more than 15 hours of housework (18.7%) than in most other areas. However, those providing general unpaid care sit at 13.2%, which is about the same as the state average.
13.2% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.7% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 18.7%
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.
About 2.8% of Rosewater residents have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and matches the national figure exactly.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Rosewater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41276/rosewater/topic/community