2.3% ▼ -82.3%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 64.5%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gunyangara · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gunyangara
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over half of the people in Gunyangara do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework every week, which is far above the national figure. This high level of domestic work is seen alongside very high rates of unpaid childcare and general care. However, very few residents engage in formal volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 2.3% of people here volunteer, a figure that is far below the 14.1% seen across both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 53.7% of people caring for children and 17.1% providing other unpaid care, both of which are well above the national figures. This is consistent with the 52.0% who spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, a rate far above the 20.7% seen nationally.
17.1% ▼ -33.2%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
53.7% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.0%
- 2016: 70.5%
- 2021: 53.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
52.0% ▲ +305.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 65.6%
- 2021: 52.0%
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.
About 2.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.8% national figure.
2.4%
Lower than 55% 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 Gunyangara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70118/gunyangara/topic/community