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Gum Creek · Suburb / Locality

Community Participation in Gum Creek

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

More than 60% of people in Gum Creek provide unpaid childcare, marking a huge gap compared to the rest of the country. This is a place where residents are very active in supporting others, with high rates of volunteering and unpaid caregiving.

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📍 Gum Creek, Suburb / Locality

Where Gum Creek sits — Volunteers

30.4% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Gum Creek — higher than 86% of areas.

Gum Creek30.4%
5417, SA 30.6%
South Australia 17.0%
Australia 14.1%

Participation

Volunteering for organisations and groups.

Volunteering is common here, with 30.4% of people helping out. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%.

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30.4% —

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.

Unpaid care & work

Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.

Support for others is very high, as 30.4% provide unpaid care and 34.8% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. This is far above both the state and national figures.

Defence service

People who served in the Australian Defence Force.

No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and well below the South Australian figure of 3.2%.

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 Gum Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40541/gum-creek/topic/community