20.0% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Galston · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Galston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in five people in Galston volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature of the area. Other participation rates, such as those for unpaid care and defence service, remain closer to the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 20.0% of residents helping out. This is well above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Much higher than most areas, 28.8% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly. Meanwhile, 26.2% provide unpaid child care and 13.4% provide other unpaid care, both figures being about the same as the state and national averages.
13.4% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.8% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 28.8%
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.
Around 3.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 2.3% in New South Wales and 2.8% across Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Galston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11586/galston/topic/community