18.9% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gum Flat · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gum Flat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a steady part of life in Gum Flat, where 18.9% of people volunteer. This level of participation is well above the national figure. It is a place where local contribution is common, but unpaid caring roles are much less frequent than in other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.9% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the 13% seen in New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in most areas, with only 6.1% providing care and 17.2% caring for children. Meanwhile, 23.3% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, which is a little above the national figure.
6.1% ▼ -51.3%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.2% ▼ -25.3%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 23.3%
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 much higher proportion of people in Gum Flat have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 4.5%, which is a little above the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Gum Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11802/gum-flat/topic/community