16.5% ▼ -36.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Geurie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Geurie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Geurie contribute their time to others than in the state average, with 16.5% volunteering. This spirit of service extends to the home, where unpaid care and housework are more common than across Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.5% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This is a little above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 29.2% of people caring for children—a figure well above the state average. Similarly, 13.9% provide other types of unpaid care, and 24.0% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure.
13.9% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.2% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 24.0%
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.
About 2.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the rates for New South Wales and Australia.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Geurie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11612/geurie/topic/community