13.5% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rosebery · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Rosebery
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people than usual have served in the military in Rosebery, where 10.3% of the population are veterans. This high rate of service stands out as the most striking feature of the area's community involvement. Other forms of participation, like volunteering, are more typical of the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and sits just below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with 32.7% of people providing unpaid care for children, which is well above the Australian figure of 26.3%. However, this contrasts with very low rates of other unpaid work, as the 8.5% who provide general unpaid care is much lower than most areas.
8.5% ▲ +6.3%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.7% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.7%
- 2016: 39.6%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.8% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 16.8%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is among the highest for similar areas, at 10.3%. This is well above both the Northern Territory rate of 5.2% and the national figure of 2.8%.
10.3%
Higher than 96% 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 Rosebery [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70234/rosebery/topic/community