8.3% ▼ -45.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gormans Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gormans Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in Gormans Hill engage in unpaid care and volunteering compared to the rest of the state. Only 8.3% of residents volunteer their time, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This trend of low community participation extends across both formal volunteering and unpaid household support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 8.3% of people helping out. This is well below the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and among the lowest figures for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower than most areas, with only 17.2% of people caring for children and 14.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Similarly, those providing any unpaid care are a little below the national figure at 9.7%.
9.7% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.2% ▼ -27.7%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.1% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 14.1%
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 common at a rate of 2.7%, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 2.3% and the national average of 2.8%.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Gormans Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11726/gormans-hill/topic/community