10.0% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Roland · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Roland
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people volunteer or provide care in Roland, but the area has a high rate of former service members. Only 10% of residents volunteer, a figure well below the national average. This suggests a community where formal helping roles are less common than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 10% of people in Roland volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.5% of residents do over 15 hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—very few people provide unpaid care for others. Only 5% give unpaid care, and just 11.3% care for children unpaid, both of which are among the lowest rates in the country.
5.0% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.3% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.5% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 27.5%
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 striking 11.3% of the population served in the Defence Force, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the 2.8% national figure.
11.3%
Higher than 99% 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 Roland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60565/roland/topic/community