13.0% ▼ -23.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glenning Valley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glenning Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 32% of people in Glenning Valley provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family care defines the daily life of many residents, even though other forms of community contribution are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas, with 13% of residents helping out. This is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family responsibilities are a major part of life here, with 32.5% of people caring for children and 28.1% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, both well above national levels. Those providing other types of unpaid care sit at 12.7%, which is around the middle for its level.
12.7% ▲ +10.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.5% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.1% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 28.1%
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 2.6% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the New South Wales and Australian averages.
2.6%
Higher than 50% 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 Glenning Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11676/glenning-valley/topic/community