10.8% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gosnells · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gosnells
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 10.8% of people in Gosnells volunteer, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. This lack of community volunteering stands out as the most striking feature of local participation. Other forms of community contribution, such as unpaid care and defence service, align more closely with broader trends.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering levels are much lower than most areas, with only 10.8% of residents helping out. This is 5.1 percentage points lower than the Western Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.6% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is roughly the same as the national average. However, 18.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure much lower than most other areas.
11.4% ▲ +11.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% ▼ -13.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 18.3%
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.
Defence service is common at a rate of 2.7%, which is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Gosnells [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50574/gosnells/topic/community