23.0% ▼ -26.3%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Red Rock · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Red Rock
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping out defines Red Rock (L), where 23% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure, though it is a drop from the 31.2% seen in 2011. Residents here contribute significantly more to their community and their homes than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23% of the population giving their time. This is much higher than most areas and well above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is very common, with 21.1% of people helping others, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 11.5%. While 27.6% of residents do a lot of unpaid housework, only 19.2% provide unpaid child care, a figure that is much lower than most areas.
21.1% ▲ +46.2%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.2% ▼ -52.0%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 39.9%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.6% ▲ +22.2%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 27.6%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas. At 5.1%, the proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is a little above the 2.8% national figure.
5.1%
Higher than 78% of urban centre 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 Red Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122114/red-rock/topic/community