22.4% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rossmoyne · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rossmoyne
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Rossmoyne provide unpaid childcare, making it an area where many residents dedicate their time to family and community. Local involvement is particularly high, with a strong tendency toward volunteering and caring for others compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.4% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1% and higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many people here take on unpaid roles; 24.9% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the 20.7% seen across Australia. This sits alongside 12.8% of residents providing other forms of unpaid care.
12.8% ▲ +39.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.8% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 24.9%
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 share of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 3.6% of residents having done so.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Rossmoyne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51312/rossmoyne/topic/community