13.9% ▼ -28.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gladstone · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gladstone
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher than usual rates of unpaid care define community life in Gladstone (NSW). Around 14.8% of people provide unpaid care, which is well above the New South Wales figure. This community involvement is balanced by a modest level of formal volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of people here volunteer, a figure that is lower than most similar areas and roughly the same as the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 14.8% of residents doing so, which is well above the state average. This includes 24.4% of people caring for children unpaid and 23.6% who spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
14.8% ▲ +29.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 23.6%
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 around the middle for its level, with 2.6% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
2.6%
Lower than 52% 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 Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11643/gladstone/topic/community