22.7% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rose Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rose Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 23% of people in Rose Bay volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community involvement is seen across several areas, including unpaid care and a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The 22.7% volunteering rate is higher than most similar areas and sits well above both the Tasmanian (18.0%) and Australian (14.1%) figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here provide unpaid care than in most areas, with 15.0% doing so. This includes 27.3% of residents caring for children unpaid, which is a little above the state figure.
15.0% ▲ +24.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 23.6%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 5.7% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
5.7%
Higher than 86% 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 Rose Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60567/rose-bay/topic/community