6.4% ▼ -58.3%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Golden Gully · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Golden Gully
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Golden Gully than in other similar areas, with only 6.4% of residents doing so. This is well below both the state and national figures. However, the area has a much higher proportion of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.4% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the Victorian average of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%. This is among the lowest rates for areas of this size.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.2% of people providing care, which is well above the national figure. This includes 23.4% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework, a rate well above the state average.
15.2% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.1% ▼ -25.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% ▲ +8.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 23.4%
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.
A much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 5.8%, this is well above the Victorian rate of 2.0% and the national figure of 2.8%.
5.8%
Higher than 86% 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 Golden Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21055/golden-gully/topic/community