17.0% ▼ -15.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rostrevor · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rostrevor
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 31% of people in Rostrevor provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This high level of family care defines much of the community's daily life, though other forms of volunteering and service remain typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17% of residents volunteer their time, which is about the same as the South Australian figure and slightly higher than the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.8% of people providing some form of care, a rate higher than most areas. This is driven by the high proportion of people caring for children, which is well above the national figure at 31.2%.
13.8% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.2% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 22.8%
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 seen in 2.2% of the population, which is around the middle for similar areas and a little below the South Australian average of 3.2%.
2.2%
Lower than 58% 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 Rostrevor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41279/rostrevor/topic/community