19.8% —
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gascoyne · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Gascoyne
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Gascoyne give their time to volunteering, reflecting a strong local commitment to community activity. While this rate is well above the national figure, it has fallen by 4.5 percentage points since 2016. The region also sees a higher than usual proportion of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most other areas, with 19.8% of people pitching in. This is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia, though it is lower than the 24.4% recorded in 2016.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care and housework are much less common here than in most areas. Only 22.3% of people care for children unpaid—well below the Western Australian figure of 28.5%—and the 8.1% who provide other unpaid care is among the lowest in the country.
8.1% —
Lower than 92% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.3% —
Lower than 82% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.9% —
Lower than 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 17.9%
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.
Defence service is more common in Gascoyne than in most areas. About 3.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the state and national figures of 2.9% and 2.8%.
3.2%
Higher than 60% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Gascoyne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/51102/gascoyne/topic/community