19.2% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Roleystone · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Roleystone
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure for community involvement, Roleystone sees a high proportion of residents giving their time to others. Nearly one in five people volunteer here, and a significant number of residents take on unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.2% of people in Roleystone volunteer, which is well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and 14.1% nationally.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 31.2% of people caring for children—a figure much higher than most areas. This is alongside 26.6% of residents doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
12.7% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.2% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.6% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 26.6%
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 population has served in the Defence Force, with 3.4% of residents being veterans.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Roleystone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51308/roleystone/topic/community