6.9% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gregory Hills · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gregory Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 40% of people in Gregory Hills provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. This high rate of child caring contrasts with other forms of community involvement, as the area has very low levels of volunteering and Defence service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.9% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and among the lowest for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 39.6% of people provide unpaid childcare—far above the New South Wales figure of 25.3%—the 8.6% who provide other types of unpaid care is much lower than most areas. About 21.4% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is about the same as the Australian average.
8.6% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.6% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 21.4%
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 less common here than in most areas, with 1.3% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
1.3%
Lower than 65% 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 Gregory Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11780/gregory-hills/topic/community