24.0% ▼ -16.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Guildford · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Guildford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Guildford volunteer, which is far above the Victorian figure. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong tendency to help others through unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24% of residents volunteer, a figure that is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and well above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 30.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure. This is consistent with a higher-than-usual rate of people providing unpaid care (15.3%) and those caring for children (28.2%).
15.3% ▲ +27.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.9% ▲ +20.5%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 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 most areas, with 4.3% of residents having served.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Guildford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21116/guildford/topic/community