27.0% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gringegalgona · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gringegalgona
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 27% of people in Gringegalgona volunteer, making it a place where community contribution is far more common than in most other areas. This high level of local engagement stands in contrast to a very low rate of formal unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27% of residents giving their time. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 24.3% of people do 15 or more hours of housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—unpaid care is rare. No one in the area provides unpaid care, and the 21.6% who care for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
No residents in Gringegalgona have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Gringegalgona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21112/gringegalgona/topic/community