17.5% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Owens Gap · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Owens Gap
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Owens Gap provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This community shows high levels of unpaid work and a strong volunteer spirit, though very few residents have served in the military.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.5% of residents giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life here, as 34.9% of people care for children and 31.7% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both far above national figures. However, those providing other types of unpaid care are much lower than most areas at 7.9%.
7.9% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.9% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.7% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 31.7%
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.
No one in Owens Gap has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Owens Gap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13116/owens-gap/topic/community