10.4% ▼ -34.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
California Gully · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in California Gully
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people volunteer in California Gully than in most similar areas, though the suburb sees a much higher rate of unpaid care. While only 10.4% of residents volunteer, 15.4% provide some form of unpaid care, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.4% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and well below the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.4% of people providing care—well above the 11.9% Australian figure. However, those caring for children unpaid (24.3%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (19.0%) are both a little below the national average.
15.4% ▲ +20.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.3% ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.0% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 19.0%
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.
About 2.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
2.2%
Lower 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 California Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20444/california-gully/topic/community