13.3% ▼ -25.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gwabegar · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gwabegar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far lower rate of unpaid childcare than the national figure marks the community profile of Gwabegar. While about 12% of people provide some form of unpaid care, only 10.5% look after children, which is much lower than across Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.3% of residents volunteer, a figure that is lower than most similar areas but remains about the same as the New South Wales and national rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is among the lowest for its level at 10.5%, far below the 26.3% national figure. Similarly, the 18.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than most areas.
12.4% ▲ +102.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.5% ▼ -55.0%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.1% ▼ -27.1%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 18.1%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.9% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 53% 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 Gwabegar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11830/gwabegar/topic/community