23.2% ▼ -22.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gelorup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gelorup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community engagement in Gelorup has grown notably since 2011, with volunteering rates now well above the national figure. Local residents are more likely to give their time to others than people in most similar areas, with 23.2% of the population volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.2% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above the Western Australian average of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, as 26.7% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Similarly, 28.5% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a little above the Australian average of 26.3%.
13.1% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.5% ▼ -14.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 26.7%
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.
A higher than usual 3.4% of the community has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Gelorup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50533/gelorup/topic/community