14.6% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Romsey · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Romsey
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Family and household duties take up a significant amount of time for people in Romsey. More than 32% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. While these home-based roles are common, local volunteering has seen a notable decline over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of people here volunteer, which is lower than in most similar areas. This figure has fallen 4.9 percentage points since 2011, though it remains a little above the Victorian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here; 32.5% of people care for children and 25.3% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, both figures being well above the state and national averages. Meanwhile, 13.6% provide general unpaid care, which is about the same as across Victoria.
13.6% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.5% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.3% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 25.3%
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 slightly more common in Romsey than in the rest of the state, with 3.2% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
3.2%
Lower than 60% 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 Romsey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215074/romsey/topic/community