20.8% ▼ -35.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gerogery · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gerogery
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Gerogery, where more than 20% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure, showing a community that is highly engaged in supporting one another.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.8% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% national average and higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more frequent than in most areas, with 13.8% of people providing support. This includes 27.3% who care for children and 25.2% who do more than 15 hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the national average.
13.8% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -21.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 25.2%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas. About 4.9% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 2.8% national figure.
4.9%
Higher than 80% 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 Gerogery [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11609/gerogery/topic/community