12.3% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gymea · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gymea
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Gymea volunteer compared to most similar areas. While 12.3% of residents give their time to causes, the area sees a higher-than-usual amount of people caring for children unpaid.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.3% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid childcare is common, with 29.1% of residents doing so—a figure well above the New South Wales average. In contrast, the proportions of people providing other unpaid care or doing over 15 hours of housework are lower than most areas.
11.6% ▲ +2.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 21.5%
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 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for its level and similar to the national figure of 2.8%.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Gymea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11833/gymea/topic/community