42.9% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gemalla · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gemalla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over half of the people in Gemalla spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This high level of home contribution is a key part of local life, alongside an exceptionally strong culture of volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 42.9% of people giving their time. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A huge 57.1% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 14.3% provide unpaid care—a little above the Australian average—only 19.0% care for children unpaid, which is well below most other areas.
14.3% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.0% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
57.1% —
Higher than 99% 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.
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 Gemalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11602/gemalla/topic/community