20.6% ▼ -21.5%
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gloucester · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Gloucester
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people volunteer in Gloucester than in most other areas. While 20.6% of residents give their time to community work, this figure has fallen from 26.2% in 2011. The area also sees more people providing unpaid care than the state or national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.6% of people volunteer here, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%. This represents a significant drop from 2011, when 26.2% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 14.4% of people providing care and 27.4% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above the national figures. In contrast, the 18.9% of people caring for children unpaid is much lower than most other areas.
14.4% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.9% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.4% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 27.4%
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 4.0% of the population. This is much higher than in most similar areas and sits a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
4.0%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Gloucester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108051167/gloucester/topic/community