18.9% ▼ -15.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gibson · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gibson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Roughly half of the indicators for Gibson sit around the middle or lower than most similar areas. While volunteer rates are high, the area has a smaller proportion of people providing unpaid care or serving in the military than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 19% of people in Gibson volunteer, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1% and a little above Western Australia's 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 9.6% of people providing this support. This is a little below the national figure, and the 24% who care for children unpaid is well below the state average.
9.6% ▲ +30.3%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▼ 0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▲ +8.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 22.4%
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.
Only 1.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below both the state and national figures.
1.6%
Lower 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 Gibson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50539/gibson/topic/community