18.9% ▼ -27.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gilgandra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gilgandra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 19% of people in Gilgandra volunteer, a figure well above the state and national averages. This shows a strong local commitment to community work, while other forms of unpaid care and service remain closer to typical Australian levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.9% of residents giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 13.8% of people provide unpaid care, which is higher than most areas. Meanwhile, those caring for children unpaid sit at 23.7%, a little below the national figure of 26.3%.
13.8% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.7% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▼ -17.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 22.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.1% of the population. This is about the same as the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
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 Gilgandra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11623/gilgandra/topic/community