14.3% ▼ -22.3%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gladesville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gladesville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Lower levels of community involvement mark Gladesville compared to similar areas. While 14.3% of people volunteer, this is less than most other areas of its type. Most categories of unpaid work and service are also lower than the local average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of people volunteer their time, which is lower than most areas but a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care roles are less common here than in most areas. Around 11.2% of people provide unpaid care, and 20.7% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are about the same as the national figures.
11.2% ▼ -3.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% ▼ -16.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▲ +1.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
Only 1.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 62% 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 Gladesville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11642/gladesville/topic/community