37.3% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gollan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gollan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of the community in Gollan volunteers, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of engagement is seen across the area, from widespread unpaid caregiving to a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 37.3% of people pitching in. This is far above the 13% seen in New South Wales and the 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much more common than in most areas. Around 19.3% of people provide unpaid care, including 36.1% who look after children and 27.7% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above national figures.
19.3% ▲ +146.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.1% ▲ +50.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.7% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 27.7%
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 here than in most similar areas. Those who served in the Defence Force make up 3.6% of the population, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Gollan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11698/gollan/topic/community