17.7% ▼ -40.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glengarry North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glengarry North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 31% of people in Glengarry North do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework weekly, a figure far above the national average. This highlights a community where residents contribute significant time to home and family duties. While many support their households, the area also shows a strong spirit of volunteering compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.7% of residents volunteer, which is well above both the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is very common here, with 33.1% of people providing this support, well above the national rate of 26.3%. However, only 8.6% provide other types of unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
8.6% ▼ -57.1%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.1% ▲ +17.5%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.4% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.3%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 31.4%
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.
Around 2.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.4%
Lower than 55% 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 Glengarry North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21026/glengarry-north/topic/community