12.5% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Naughtons Gap · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Naughtons Gap
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Naughtons Gap is marked by a high level of family and caregiving responsibilities. While 37.5% of people provide unpaid childcare—a figure far above the national average—other forms of community involvement are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less frequent here than in most similar areas. At 12.5%, the rate is slightly below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is a major part of life here, with 18.8% of people providing unpaid care, well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is consistent with the high number of people caring for children unpaid, which is far above the state average.
18.8% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.5% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 18.8%
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.
About 3.1% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the rates seen across Australia and New South Wales.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Naughtons Gap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12925/naughtons-gap/topic/community