2.9% ▼ -67.8%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gap Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gap Ridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few residents in Gap Ridge engage in unpaid care or volunteering compared to other areas. This lack of community participation is a standout feature of the area, with volunteer rates and caregiving figures sitting far below both state and national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 2.9% of people volunteer here, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and far below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very uncommon in Gap Ridge, with only 1.7% of people providing care and just 8.1% caring for children, both far below Western Australian levels.
1.7% ▼ -28.1%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.1% ▼ -35.7%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
2.3% ▼ -69.3%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages.
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 Gap Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50528/gap-ridge/topic/community