14.5% ▼ -24.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
South Gundurimba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in South Gundurimba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Caregiving and community support are central to daily life in South Gundurimba, where a high number of residents provide unpaid help to others. This is most evident in the large proportion of people who look after children and manage households. The area also has a notably strong history of military service compared to other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of people volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This is about the same as the national average, though it is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 16.6% of residents providing unpaid care—well above the 11.9% national figure. This is seen in the 30% who care for children and the 28.6% who do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above state and national levels.
16.6% ▲ +25.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 28.6%
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 much higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most other areas. At 4.6%, this is a little above both the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Gundurimba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13601/south-gundurimba/topic/community