28.6% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rosedale - Guerilla Bay · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Rosedale - Guerilla Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge gap exists between Rosedale - Guerilla Bay (L) and the rest of the state when it comes to volunteering. Nearly 29% of residents give their time to others, a figure far above the New South Wales average. This reflects a community with very high levels of local engagement.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 28.6% of people pitching in. This is far above the national figure of 14.1% and has risen slightly since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people care for children unpaid compared to most areas, many more residents provide other types of help. Unpaid care is well above the state average at 18.7%, and 36.1% of people do at least 15 hours of housework weekly.
18.7% ▲ +17.5%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.0% ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.1% ▲ +23.3%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 36.1%
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 little more people in this area have served in the Defence Force than in the typical Australian town, with 3.9% of residents having served.
3.9%
Higher than 59% 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 Rosedale - Guerilla Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122116/rosedale-guerilla-bay/topic/community