12.4% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gilgai · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gilgai
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 17% of people in Gilgai provide unpaid care, a figure well above the national average. This highlights a strong local tendency toward supporting others in the home, even though traditional volunteer rates are lower than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.4% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 17.1% of people providing support—well above the New South Wales figure of 11.5%. This is reflected in housework, where 25.7% of people do 15 or more hours a week, which is well above the national average.
17.1% ▲ +33.5%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 25.7%
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.
Around 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
3.1%
Higher 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 Gilgai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11622/gilgai/topic/community