30.4% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 59.2%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gineroi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gineroi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in three people in Gineroi volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is seen across the area, where residents are much more likely to provide unpaid care and serve in the Defence Force than people in other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 30.4% of people pitching in. This is far above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is among the highest for this level of area, with 19.6% of residents helping out. This is well above the national figure of 11.9%, while about 26.8% of people provide unpaid childcare.
19.6% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.8% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 23.2%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas. Around 6.9% of the population have served, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
6.9%
Higher than 89% 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 Gineroi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11632/gineroi/topic/community