16.7% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gymea Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gymea Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 31% of people in Gymea Bay provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This community is marked by high levels of home and family support, alongside a strong local volunteering rate.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.7% of residents giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family responsibilities are high, as 31.3% of people provide unpaid childcare and 27.0% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. Both figures are well above the state and national averages. Meanwhile, 12.8% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, which is about the same as the Australian average.
12.8% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.3% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 27.0%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.7%. This is lower than in most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 61% 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 Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11834/gymea-bay/topic/community