7.8% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gladstone Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gladstone Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Gladstone Park compared to the rest of the state. Only 7.8% of residents give their time to volunteering, which is well below the Victorian figure of 13.3%. While community service is low, more residents provide unpaid care for others than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.8% of people here volunteer, a rate that is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 14.9% of people providing care—a figure well above the Australian average of 11.9%. Meanwhile, 24.5% of residents care for children unpaid, which is a little below the Victorian rate of 26.3%.
14.9% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 19.8%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 1.9% of the population, which is lower than in most areas.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Gladstone Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21004/gladstone-park/topic/community