24.8% ▼ -30.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Grong Grong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Grong Grong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in Grong Grong than in most other areas. Nearly a quarter of residents give their time to help others, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This strong spirit of helping others defines the local community's involvement.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.8% of residents volunteer, a figure that is far above the New South Wales average of 13.0% and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people provide unpaid childcare here than in most areas, with 28.0% doing so. Around 13.1% of the population provides some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure.
13.1% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.0% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 21.0%
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.
Only 1.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Grong Grong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11790/grong-grong/topic/community