20.9% ▼ -27.8%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gulargambone · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gulargambone
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher volunteer rates than most similar areas define Gulargambone, where 20.9% of residents give their time to help others. This level of community involvement is well above the national figure of 14.1%. While many people volunteer, those providing unpaid care and housework are less common here than in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in five people volunteer in Gulargambone. This rate of 20.9% is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here, with only 10.6% of people providing such support. The proportion of people caring for children unpaid (19.2%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (17.0%) are both well below the national figures.
10.6% ▼ -19.1%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.2% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.0% ▼ -29.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 17.0%
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.
A slightly higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to other areas. At 3.8%, this is a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Gulargambone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11798/gulargambone/topic/community