19.2% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Roseworthy · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Roseworthy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A growing culture of giving has emerged in Roseworthy, where unpaid care and volunteering have all climbed since 2011. Local participation is now much higher than across Australia, with 33.1% of people providing unpaid childcare and 19.2% volunteering their time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people volunteer in Roseworthy, a figure that is well above the national rate of 14.1% and has risen by 3.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 14.6% providing general care and 24.9% doing over 15 hours of housework. The proportion of people caring for children has jumped 14 points since 2011 to reach 33.1%, which is well above the national figure.
14.6% ▲ +88.3%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.1% ▲ +69.9%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▲ +25.8%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 24.9%
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.
About 2.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
2.8%
Lower than 70% 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 Roseworthy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421036/roseworthy/topic/community