14.6% ▼ -48.8%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Rosedale · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Rosedale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost a quarter of people in Rosedale provide unpaid childcare, marking it as the most common form of community support here. While many residents contribute through care and service, the number of people volunteering has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of people volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the national figure. This is a sharp decline from 2011, when 28.5% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.3% of people providing care—a figure that is much higher than most areas and well above the national average. This includes 24.6% who do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the typical Victorian figure.
15.3% ▲ +19.5%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 24.6%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.9% of the population, which is a little above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
3.9%
Higher than 58% 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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215075/rosedale/topic/community