47.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gowang · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gowang
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Some of the highest volunteering rates in the region are found in Gowang, where nearly half the population gives their time to others. This strong community spirit contrasts with a very low rate of people performing heavy housework or child care tasks.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly half of the people here volunteer, at 47.8%. This is far above the national figure of 14.1% and the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is far below the national figure, at just 13.0%, while no one reports doing 15 or more hours of housework. However, the rate of people providing any form of unpaid care is 13.0%, which is a little above the state and national figures.
13.0% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.0% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
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 Gowang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11734/gowang/topic/community