20.3% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gloucester · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gloucester
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines Gloucester, where 20.3% of people give their time to others. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. The area also sees more people providing unpaid care and serving in the Defence Force than most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 20.3% of residents helping out. This is well above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more frequent than in most areas, with 14.9% of people providing support. While 25.7% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework—well above the national figure—the proportion of people caring for children is well below the Australian average at 18.9%.
14.9% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.9% ▼ -18.4%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 25.7%
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.
Defence service is more common in Gloucester than in most similar areas. The 4.2% of residents who have served is a little above both the state and national figures.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Gloucester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11689/gloucester/topic/community