26.9% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gerrigerrup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gerrigerrup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines daily life in Gerrigerrup, where nearly 27% of people give their time to help others. This level of community effort is far above the national figure, marking the area as a place where residents are highly active in supporting their neighbours.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 26.9% of people here volunteer, which is much higher than most similar areas and far above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 15.4% of residents provide unpaid care—well above the Australian figure—this doesn't include many parents; only 11.5% provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the national rate of 26.3%.
15.4% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.5% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.5% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.2%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
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 Gerrigerrup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20988/gerrigerrup/topic/community