30.4% ▲ +20.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rocky Gully · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rocky Gully
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one third of residents in Rocky Gully give their time to volunteer work, making it a place where community involvement is far more common than in most other areas. This spirit of contribution is paired with high rates of unpaid care and a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 30.4% of people here volunteer, a figure that is far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 19.0% of people providing care and 36.7% doing over 15 hours of housework, both well above the state and national figures. Conversely, the 19.0% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
19.0% ▲ +98.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.0% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.7% ▲ +64.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 36.7%
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.
A higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 6.3% of residents having served, well above the 2.8% national figure.
6.3%
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 Rocky Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51304/rocky-gully/topic/community