14.5% ▼ -34.5%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
South Gundagai · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in South Gundagai
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Lower rates of volunteering and unpaid care than similar areas define South Gundagai. While 14.5% of people volunteer, this is lower than most other areas of a similar type. The community's involvement in unpaid work and support is generally lower than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of people volunteer their time, which is lower than in most similar areas. This figure is slightly above the New South Wales rate of 13% and nearly identical to the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people here handle unpaid domestic duties, with only 17.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is much lower than most areas. Similarly, those caring for children unpaid (22.4%) are well below the national figure of 26.3%.
12.5% ▲ +7.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.8% ▼ -40.2%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 17.8%
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 has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for its level and sits about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 South Gundagai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13600/south-gundagai/topic/community