23.8% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gannawarra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gannawarra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong culture of helping others defines Gannawarra, where nearly a quarter of the population now volunteers. This community is far more active in unpaid work than most other areas in Victoria and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 23.8% of people giving their time. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Local residents provide significant unpaid support, with 19.0% giving unpaid care—well above the national figure of 11.9%. This high level of support is seen in housework too, where 28.6% do 15 or more hours a week, compared to just 20.7% across Australia.
19.0% ▲ +73.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 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.
Very few people here have served in the Defence Force. At 0.0%, this is a little below the figures for both 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 Gannawarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20963/gannawarra/topic/community