15.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gongolgon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gongolgon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Half of the people in Gongolgon provide unpaid child care, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a community where family responsibilities are a major part of daily life, though other forms of community service are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.4% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 34.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, far above the national figure of 20.7%. However, no one in the area reported providing other types of unpaid care, which is far below the rest of the country.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.6% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 34.6%
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.
No one in Gongolgon has served in the Defence Force, a result that is a little below the New South Wales and Australian averages.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Gongolgon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11700/gongolgon/topic/community