20.7% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Garland · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Garland
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Garland give their time to others compared to the state and national figures. About 20.7% of the population volunteer, and a huge number of residents provide unpaid care for children and others in their community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.7% of people helping out. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Giving unpaid care is much more common than in most areas, with 19.0% of residents providing support. This includes 37.9% who care for children unpaid, a figure far above the national average of 26.3%.
19.0% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.9% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 37.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 22.4%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
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 Garland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11593/garland/topic/community