33.3% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.6%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gunyidi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gunyidi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in three people volunteer in Gunyidi, a rate far higher than the national average. This is a community where unpaid work is a huge part of daily life, with half of all residents providing some form of unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 33.3% of people giving their time. This is far above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is remarkably high in Gunyidi, where 50.0% of people provide unpaid care. This is far above the national figure of 11.9%, with 45.8% of residents caring for children and 41.7% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework.
50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
45.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
41.7% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 41.7%
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 Gunyidi has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the state and national figures, which sit at around 2.9% and 2.8% respectively.
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 Gunyidi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50596/gunyidi/topic/community