15.6% ▼ -29.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gillen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gillen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Gillen provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than most similar areas. This reflects a community where family care is a priority, though other forms of unpaid help and volunteering are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.6% of residents volunteer, a figure that is a little above both the Northern Territory and Australian averages, despite being lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.3% of people care for children unpaid, other home duties are less frequent; those doing 15 or more hours of housework (17.3%) and those providing general unpaid care (9.3%) are both much lower than in most areas.
9.3% ▲ +35.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.3% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 17.3%
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 around the middle for its level, with 2.3% of the population having served, which is a little below the Northern Territory figure and about the same as Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Gillen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70109/gillen/topic/community