20.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gipsy Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gipsy Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher volunteering rates than most similar areas define Gipsy Point. While 20% of residents volunteer, the area sees far less unpaid care and housework than the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The local spirit is strong, with 20% of people volunteering. This is well above the 13.3% figure for Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is almost non-existent here, with 0% of people caring for children or providing other unpaid care. This is far below both state and national figures, and only 12% of people do 15 or more hours of housework per week.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.0% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
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 residents have a military background, with 0% having served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the Victorian rate of 2% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
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 Gipsy Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20998/gipsy-point/topic/community