28.2% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gillingarra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gillingarra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 28.2% of people in Gillingarra volunteer, a figure far above the national average of 14.1%. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong tendency to provide unpaid care for others. It is a place where residents are much more likely to give their time to help others than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.2% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and 14.1% for the whole country.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life in Gillingarra, where 28.2% of people provide such support, far above the national figure of 11.9%. This includes 33.3% of residents caring for children unpaid, which is well above the Australian average of 26.3%. Interestingly, no one reported doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework per week, which is far below the national rate of 20.7%.
28.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 residents reported serving in the Defence Force. This is a little below the figures for both Western Australia (2.9%) and Australia (2.8%).
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 Gillingarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50545/gillingarra/topic/community