10.4% ▲ +19.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gilead · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gilead
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Gilead than in the rest of the country. While 11.1% of residents provide unpaid care, this is about the same as the national figure, but the area stands out for having a very low rate of unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 10.4% of people helping out. This is well below the Australian figure of 14.1% and much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Just 3.3% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure far below the national average of 26.3%. Similarly, 19.1% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little below the New South Wales figure.
11.1% ▲ +22.8%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
3.3% ▼ -81.1%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▲ +17.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 19.1%
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 proportion of the community has a military background. People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.5% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Gilead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11621/gilead/topic/community