11.4% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gangat · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gangat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in Gangat provide unpaid childcare compared to the national average, though a high number still manage the home. While only 8.6% of residents care for children without pay, a striking 31.4% spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas. Only 11.4% of people volunteer, which is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A very small number of residents, just 8.6%, provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the national figure. However, people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are much more common here than in most areas. General unpaid care for others is about the same as the state and national figures at 11.4%.
11.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.6% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.4% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
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 the area has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar areas and a little below the rates for New South Wales and Australia.
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 Gangat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11588/gangat/topic/community