23.1% ▼ -17.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gunbower · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gunbower
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteering and unpaid care have remained strong pillars of local life in Gunbower. Nearly a quarter of residents give their time to help others, which is far more common here than in other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.1% of people in Gunbower volunteer, a figure that is well above the Victorian average of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 16.5% of people providing unpaid care, which is much higher than most areas. This includes 28.4% of residents caring for children unpaid and 24.2% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework.
16.5% ▲ +20.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.2% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 24.2%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most places, with 4.3% of residents having served in the Defence Force, slightly above the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Gunbower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21117/gunbower/topic/community