72.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 53.3%
- 2021: 72.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gosse · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gosse
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 73% of people volunteer in Gosse, a rate that is far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is seen alongside a strong tendency for residents to provide unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Gosse are among the highest for similar areas, sitting at 72.7%, which is far above the 17% seen across South Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 27.3% of people providing this support—far above the national figure of 11.9%. This is consistent with the 40.9% of residents who provide unpaid childcare, a rate among the highest at this level.
27.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.9% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 22.7%
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.
No one in Gosse has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the South Australian figure of 3.2%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Gosse [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40525/gosse/topic/community