14.8% ▲ +15.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gnangara · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gnangara
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Gnangara involves less unpaid childcare than in other areas, though many residents still spend significant time on home duties. About 14.8% of the community spends their spare time volunteering, which is a little below the state figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates are lower than most similar areas, with 14.8% of people giving their time. This is slightly below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%, but about the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 21.0% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well below both the state and national figures. However, 23.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, a figure well above the Western Australian average of 20.1%.
11.7% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.0% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 23.5%
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.
Around 3.2% of the community have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Gnangara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50561/gnangara/topic/community