34.4% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.5%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Grogan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Grogan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Grogan contribute to their community than in most similar areas. A striking 34.4% of residents volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 34.4% of people giving their time. This is far above the 13% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent, with 34.4% of people caring for children and 31.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both well above state and national figures. However, providing other types of unpaid care is among the lowest for similar areas at 4.9%.
4.9% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.5%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.1% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 31.1%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% national average.
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 Grogan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11789/grogan/topic/community