11.8% ▲ +18.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rokeby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rokeby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Rokeby involves a high rate of family care, with 30.1% of people caring for children without pay. While child care is common, this local area sees much lower rates of volunteering than other regions. This suggests a community where people's free time is largely spent on home and family responsibilities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.8% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Tasmania figure of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The rate of people caring for children unpaid is 30.1%, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, 19.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure that is much lower than most areas.
12.4% ▲ +10.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.1% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 19.3%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.7% of the population, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.7%
Higher than 68% 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 Rokeby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60564/rokeby/topic/community