42.1% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.1%
- 2021: 42.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gonn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gonn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a strong feature of Gonn, where 42.1% of people volunteer. This level of participation is far above the national figure of 14.1% and among the highest for similar areas. Residents here are much more likely to give their time to others than people in the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 42.1% of residents giving their time. This is 29 percentage points higher than the New South Wales average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent in Gonn, as 21.1% of people provide unpaid care—a figure well above the national average of 11.9%. This includes 28.9% of people caring for children, which is higher than most other areas.
21.1% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.9% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 23.7%
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.
No one in Gonn has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Gonn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11701/gonn/topic/community