40.0% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 41.7%
- 2016: 40.7%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gnowangerup · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Gnowangerup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people are volunteering and caring for children in Gnowangerup than they were in 2011. Despite these drops, 40% of the population still volunteers, which is far above the national figure. It is a place where local contribution and unpaid support remain much more common than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Gnowangerup, with 40% of people pitching in. This is far above the 14.1% national figure, though it has fallen slightly by 1.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life here, as 28% of people do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure. This is consistent with a higher number of people caring for children unpaid (30.4%) and a rising trend in people providing other types of unpaid care.
13.2% ▲ +19.8%
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.4% ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.0% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 96% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 28.0%
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.
Very few people in Gnowangerup have served in the Defence Force, at just 1.7%. This is much lower than most other areas and sits a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) 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 Gnowangerup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA53640/gnowangerup/topic/community