13.6% ▼ -16.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gordon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gordon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual in Gordon provide unpaid care and have served in the military. While 30.3% of residents care for children unpaid, volunteering rates are quite low compared to other parts of the territory.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.6% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most areas and well below the ACT figure of 18.4%. This is about the same as the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing care is common here, with 13.8% of people giving unpaid care and 30.3% caring for children, both figures being higher than the national average. Meanwhile, 20.1% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is about the same as the rest of Australia.
13.8% ▲ +35.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.3% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 20.1%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most areas, with 6.1% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the national figure of 2.8%.
6.1%
Higher than 87% 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 Gordon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80064/gordon/topic/community