13.0% ▼ -48.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gobbagombalin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gobbagombalin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community roles in Gobbagombalin have shifted since 2011, most notably with a huge jump in people caring for children. About 40.5% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is far above the national average. This high rate of family care stands out against other types of community work in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most similar areas, with 13.0% of people helping out. This is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid childcare is very common, other forms of help are less frequent. Only 8.5% of people provide unpaid care, which is well below the national figure, and 20.5% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
8.5% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.5% ▲ +42.9%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.5% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 20.5%
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.
Military service is very common in Gobbagombalin, where 7.2% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
7.2%
Higher than 89% 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 Gobbagombalin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11693/gobbagombalin/topic/community