14.6% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gundiah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gundiah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
High levels of unpaid work and care define daily life in Gundiah. While typical volunteering rates match the national figure, a strikingly large number of residents spend significant time looking after others and managing their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of people here volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 36.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 19.5% of residents provide unpaid care, which is well above the national average, the proportion of people caring for children is among the lowest in the country at 8.5%.
19.5% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.5% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.6% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.2%
- 2021: 36.6%
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 than usual proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 3.9% of residents having served, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Gundiah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31270/gundiah/topic/community