13.5% ▼ -29.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gurranang · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gurranang
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Gurranang has shifted over the years, most notably with a very high number of former Defence Force members. While volunteer rates are typical for the region, a small number of people provide unpaid care. This creates a unique social profile where service to the country is common, but family-based care is less frequent.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of people volunteer their time, which is lower than in most similar areas and about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here, with only 9.6% of people caring for children—a figure far below the national average. However, 30.8% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is far above the national figure.
9.6% ▼ -28.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.6% ▼ -60.1%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.8% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 30.8%
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 striking 7.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas and well above the New South Wales and Australian figures.
7.3%
Higher than 90% 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 Gurranang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11826/gurranang/topic/community