21.1% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gulf Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gulf Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Gulf Creek involves a high level of helping others, with 21.1% of people volunteering. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, showing a strong tendency for residents to give their time to the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.1% of residents pitching in. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and higher than most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common than in most areas, with 15.8% of people helping others. This is driven by a very high rate of people caring for children unpaid, at 39.5%, which is far above the Australian figure of 26.3%.
15.8% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.5% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
No residents in Gulf Creek have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Gulf Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11799/gulf-creek/topic/community