24.6% ▼ -41.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.8%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gin Gin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gin Gin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Gin Gin volunteer their time, a figure far above both the state and national averages. This high level of community involvement stands out as the most striking feature of local participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.6% of people helping out. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people here provide unpaid care compared to most areas. Those caring for children unpaid sit at 22.1%, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
11.5% ▲ +15.7%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.1% ▼ -42.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.3%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.0% ▼ -29.6%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 41.1%
- 2021: 18.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Gin Gin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11631/gin-gin/topic/community