19.3% ▼ -28.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Roseworthy · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Roseworthy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national average for volunteering and care, Roseworthy shows a strong trend of community and family support. About 19.3% of people volunteer here, which is more than double the national figure in some respects and significantly higher than the South Australian average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 19.3% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family care is a major part of life here, with 32.2% of people caring for children unpaid, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This is consistent with more people providing other unpaid care (14.6%) and 24.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework per week.
14.6% ▲ +27.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.2% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 24.1%
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 typical for the region, with 2.8% of people having served, which is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and the rest of the country.
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 Roseworthy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41277/roseworthy/topic/community