18.5% ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gundary · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gundary
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people give their time to others in Gundary than in most parts of the country. This is a place where community support is common, with 18.5% of residents volunteering and a very high number of people providing unpaid care for children and others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.5% of people giving their time, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, with 34.3% of people caring for children—well above the Australian figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with high rates of unpaid care overall (16.5%) and 28.7% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework a week.
16.5% ▲ +53.1%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.3% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 36.3%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.7% ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 28.7%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas, with 5.2% of the population having served, which is a little above the national rate of 2.8%.
5.2%
Higher than 83% 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 Gundary [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11812/gundary/topic/community