13.7% ▼ -27.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gascoyne Junction · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gascoyne Junction
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of unpaid work defines daily life in Gascoyne Junction, where many residents balance home duties with community needs. While formal volunteering is less common than in other areas, the level of care provided within the home is remarkably high.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.7% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 33.3% of people caring for children and another 33.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are far above the national average. This is consistent with the 15.7% who provide other unpaid care, a figure well above the Australian average of 11.9%.
15.7% ▲ +433.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.3% ▲ +140.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.3% ▲ +28.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 33.3%
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 community has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures of around 2.8% to 2.9%.
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 Gascoyne Junction [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50530/gascoyne-junction/topic/community