13.9% ▼ -23.9%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gladysdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gladysdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define Gladysdale, where 17.5% of people provide care for others. This community sees a significant number of residents managing home and care duties, while volunteering levels remain steady.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of people in Gladysdale volunteer, a figure that is lower than most areas but remains about the same as the Victorian and national rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people care for children compared to the national figure of 26.3%, 26.7% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework. Overall, those providing unpaid care are much more common here than in most other areas.
17.5% ▲ +54.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% ▼ -35.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 26.7%
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.
Defence Force veterans make up 2.2% of the population, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the state average.
2.2%
Lower than 58% 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 Gladysdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21005/gladysdale/topic/community