19.0% ▼ -27.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gnarwarre · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gnarwarre
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About the same as similar areas in terms of engagement, Gnarwarre shows a strong spirit of giving with 19.0% of people volunteering. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. While community spirit is high, the area has a much lower rate of people providing unpaid care than most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.0% of residents giving their time. This is well above both the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is common, with 26.2% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, which is well above the national figure. In contrast, the 6.3% of people providing unpaid care is much lower than most areas and well below the national rate of 11.9%.
6.3% ▼ -43.4%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% ▼ -28.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% ▼ -12.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 26.2%
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.
A little more than the Victorian average, 3.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.0%
Higher than 57% 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 Gnarwarre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21050/gnarwarre/topic/community