13.1% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glossodia · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glossodia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Roughly 32.5% of people in Glossodia provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family care is the most prominent feature of community activity in the area, while other forms of volunteering remain relatively low.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.1% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This is about the same as the New South Wales figure and a little below the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is common here, with 27.6% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, well above the national figure. While many care for children, the 10.5% who provide other types of unpaid care is a little below the state and national averages.
10.5% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.5% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.6% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 27.6%
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.
About 2.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.5%
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 Glossodia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11688/glossodia/topic/community