20.8% ▼ -36.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gorae West · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gorae West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a fifth of people in Gorae West volunteer their time, which is well above national figures. This community shows a strong tendency to give back through both formal volunteering and providing unpaid care to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.8% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, with 15.8% of people helping out. This includes 26.7% who care for children unpaid and 22.8% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are similar to national levels.
15.8% ▲ +35.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% ▼ -24.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 22.8%
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 in Gorae West than in most areas, with 4.0% of people having served in the Defence Force.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21072/gorae-west/topic/community