29.6% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.5%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gutha · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gutha
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A very high rate of volunteering defines the community spirit in Gutha. Nearly 30% of people here give their time to help others, which is far above the national figure. This strong drive to help is also seen in the high number of people caring for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 29.6% of residents helping out. This is much higher than most areas and far above the 14.1% recorded for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is very frequent, with 55.6% of people involved, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. However, no one reported doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure far below the 20.7% seen across Australia.
11.1% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
55.6% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 55.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.4%
- 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 one in Gutha has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national rate of 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 Gutha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50597/gutha/topic/community