17.7% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glengarry West · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glengarry West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Glengarry West shows a strong spirit of contribution, with a higher rate of volunteering than most other areas. About 17.7% of residents give their time to help others, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This community effort is mirrored in the high number of people who put significant time into managing their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.7% of people helping out, a figure well above both the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A huge 30.8% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 26.2% care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
11.5% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.8% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 30.8%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.8% of people having served in the Defence Force, slightly above the state average of 2.0%.
3.8%
Higher than 68% 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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21027/glengarry-west/topic/community