8.3% ▼ -19.5%
Lower than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rockdale · State Electorate
Community Participation in Rockdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Rockdale take on unpaid community or care roles compared to similar areas. Only 8.3% of residents volunteer, and the proportion of people providing unpaid care is much lower than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest in similar areas, with only 8.3% of people helping out. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and has fallen by 2.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas. Only 20.7% of people care for children unpaid, and 17.4% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below the national figures.
10.3% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% ▼ -14.5%
Lower than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.4% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 83% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 17.4%
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.
Defence service is also among the lowest at this level. Just 1.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.1%
Lower than 93% of state electorate 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 Rockdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10072/rockdale/topic/community