9.6% ▼ -30.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gwandalan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gwandalan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower volunteering rates than most similar areas define Gwandalan, where only 9.6% of people give their time to others. While community service is low, the area sees a higher-than-average number of people taking on unpaid care roles at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.6% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the New South Wales rate of 13% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A little more than a quarter of people (27.7%) provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than most areas. This sits alongside a higher rate of people doing significant housework and general unpaid care compared to both the state and nation.
13.6% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 24.9%
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.
About 3.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Gwandalan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11831/gwandalan/topic/community