28.8% ▼ -23.9%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gundowring · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gundowring
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive gap in volunteer rates defines Gundowring, where nearly 29% of people give their time to others. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%. It is a place where community contribution is much more common than in most other Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteers make up 28.8% of the population, which is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 24.3% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure—only 9.6% provide unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
9.6% ▼ -24.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.7% ▼ -30.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -18.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.7% of the population, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 62% 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 Gundowring [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21118/gundowring/topic/community