12.0% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Doctors Gap · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Doctors Gap
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement has remained steady since 2011, with Doctors Gap now seeing a high number of people doing significant housework. While few residents volunteer, a large portion of the community spends a lot of time managing the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 12% of people in Doctors Gap volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 28% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, well above the New South Wales figure of 21.2%. This contrasts with the fact that people caring for children unpaid are among the lowest at this level, at just 12%.
12.0% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.0% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.0% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.3%
- 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.
No one in Doctors Gap has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 Doctors Gap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11266/doctors-gap/topic/community