25.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Grosses Plain · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Grosses Plain
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people volunteer in Grosses Plain than across the state, with 25% of residents giving their time. This strong community spirit is paired with a very high rate of unpaid childcare, though other forms of unpaid work are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in four people volunteer here, a figure that is far above the 13% seen in New South Wales and 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common, with 40.6% of residents providing it, which is far above the national figure. Conversely, people providing other unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework are much less common than in most areas.
9.4% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.6% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.5% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 12.5%
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 figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
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 Grosses Plain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11793/grosses-plain/topic/community