22.7% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gorae · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gorae
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost 37% of people in Gorae provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. This is a community where people contribute heavily through both family care and local volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are high here, with 22.7% of residents giving their time, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common; 30.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly and 18.8% provide unpaid care, both of which are much higher than most areas.
18.8% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.9% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 30.9%
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 higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to other areas, sitting at 4.3%.
4.3%
Higher than 75% 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 Gorae [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21071/gorae/topic/community