10.8% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glendale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glendale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few people in Glendale volunteer their time compared to other areas, but unpaid care at home is more common. While only 10.8% of residents volunteer, nearly 30% are looked after by parents or guardians through unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas. At 10.8%, the rate is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is more common in Glendale than in most areas, with 14.4% of people in this role. This is driven largely by childcare, as 29.3% of residents provide unpaid care for children, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%.
14.4% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 21.7%
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.
About 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and sits about the same as both the state and national figures.
2.8%
Higher 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 Glendale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11662/glendale/topic/community