29.5% ▼ -17.7%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glen Davis · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glen Davis
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people volunteer in Glen Davis, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is a defining feature of the area's social life.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 29.5% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most similar areas and far above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 12.6% of people provide unpaid childcare—far below the national figure of 26.3%—a very high 35.8% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly.
11.6% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.6% ▼ -44.4%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.8% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 35.8%
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 common here, with 3.2% of people having served, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Glen Davis [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11650/glen-davis/topic/community