17.9% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gulmarrad · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gulmarrad
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Gulmarrad contribute their time to others than in the wider state, with volunteering and unpaid care rates well above the national figures. This community spirit is clear in the high number of residents who provide unpaid support to others or serve in the military.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.9% of residents giving their time, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of local life; 31.5% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, a figure far above the national average. This is consistent with 15.1% of people providing unpaid care, which is well above the 11.9% seen across Australia.
15.1% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.5% ▼ -8.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 31.5%
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 here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 5.1% of residents having served, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.1%
Higher than 82% 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 Gulmarrad [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11801/gulmarrad/topic/community