34.2% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gowrie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gowrie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than three in ten people in Gowrie volunteer their time, a figure that has remained strikingly high compared to other areas. This level of community involvement defines the area, as residents are far more likely to give their time than those in the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 34.2% of people helping out. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.6% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is similar to the national figure. However, people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are much less common here than in most areas, at 15.2%.
10.1% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.9%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.2% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 15.2%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures.
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 Gowrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11736/gowrie/topic/community