14.0% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gainsborough · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gainsborough
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people provide unpaid childcare in Gainsborough than in the rest of the state. While volunteering levels are typical, the community is marked by a significant amount of unpaid home and family work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14% of people here volunteer, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 39.5% of people caring for children and 30.2% doing over 15 hours of housework—both figures are far above the state and national averages. However, the 7% of people providing other unpaid care is well below the national figure.
7.0% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.5% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.2% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 30.2%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
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 Gainsborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20962/gainsborough/topic/community