14.4% ▼ -40.1%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Georges Plains · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Georges Plains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Georges Plains than in most similar areas. While the area's volunteering rates are lower than most, nearly 28% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.4% of people here volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the national average but lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 24.3% of residents doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure. This is consistent with the 13.3% who provide general unpaid care and the 28.2% who care for children unpaid.
13.3% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% ▼ -12.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
A higher share of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas, with 3.8% of the population having served.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Georges Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11606/georges-plains/topic/community