29.2% ▼ -25.0%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.0%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gilgering · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gilgering
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Gilgering than in other parts of the country. Nearly 30% of the community give their time to others, which is double the national figure. This spirit of contribution extends to the home, where unpaid care and housework are much more common than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.2% of people helping out. This is far above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life in Gilgering. About 33.8% of people care for children unpaid and 36.9% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, both of which are far above the national figures. However, providing general unpaid care is slightly less common here than across Australia, at 10.8%.
10.8% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.8% ▲ +47.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.9% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 36.9%
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, 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 Gilgering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50543/gilgering/topic/community