34.7% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.1%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gnowangerup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gnowangerup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Gnowangerup contribute their time to the community than in most similar areas. About 34.7% of residents volunteer, a figure that is far above the national average of 14.1%. This high level of local involvement extends to unpaid care and service roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 34.7% of people helping out. This is far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much more frequent than in most areas, with 31.0% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework. This is far above the national figure of 20.7%, and 16.3% of residents provide other forms of unpaid care.
16.3% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.0% ▼ -24.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.0% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 31.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.6% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and Australia overall.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Gnowangerup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50564/gnowangerup/topic/community