15.0% ▼ -28.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gulgong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gulgong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Gulgong has seen its patterns of unpaid work and community service evolve over the last decade. Local residents are more likely than those in similar areas to provide unpaid care and housework, with 26.5% spending 15 or more hours weekly on home chores.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13% and about the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 27.1% of people caring for children. This is higher than most areas, and 26.5% of residents do significant unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
12.7% ▲ +17.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.5% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 26.5%
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.
A higher proportion of people in Gulgong have served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas, with 3.3% of the population having served.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 Gulgong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11800/gulgong/topic/community