17.9% ▼ -35.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gin Gin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gin Gin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 18% of people in Gin Gin volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This community shows a strong tendency toward unpaid work, with more residents providing care and housework than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.9% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 14.3% of people provide unpaid care—a little above the national figure—those caring for children unpaid are much lower than most areas at 17.1%. However, 27.1% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the Queensland average.
14.3% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.1% ▼ -26.8%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 27.1%
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 Force veterans make up 3.5% of the population, a rate that is higher than most areas and about the same as the national figure.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Gin Gin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31124/gin-gin/topic/community