19.1% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glossop · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Glossop
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Glossop sits around the middle of similar areas for community involvement, though its volunteering rate is a standout. Nearly one in five residents helps out in their community, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.1% of people here volunteer, a figure that is a little above the South Australian rate and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid childcare is well below the national figure at 21.7%, about 23.2% of people do at least 15 hours of housework weekly. Those providing other types of unpaid care stand at 12.0%, which is about the same as the Australian average.
12.0% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.7% ▼ -34.4%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▼ -26.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 23.2%
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 similar areas, with 3.6% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
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 Glossop [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40514/glossop/topic/community