17.5% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glengowrie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glengowrie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Glengowrie has remained steady, with a strong spirit of service. Around 17.5% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This reflects a local commitment to helping others that is higher than across most of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.5% of people in Glengowrie volunteer. This is about the same as the South Australian figure and is well above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care duties are common here, with 12.3% of people providing unpaid care and 26.8% caring for children unpaid. However, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are lower than in most other areas.
12.3% ▲ +13.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.8% ▼ 0.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.4% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 20.4%
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 3.6% of residents having been in service.
3.6%
Higher than 66% 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 Glengowrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40509/glengowrie/topic/community