17.5% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gowrie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gowrie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of unpaid childcare than the national average defines community life in Gowrie. While 13.7% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, the most striking figure is the 34.9% who care for children without pay.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.5% of people here volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas. This is about the same as the ACT figure, though it is well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 22.8% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework. This is well above the territory average and slightly higher than the national figure.
13.7% ▲ +18.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.9% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▲ +4.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 22.8%
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 much more common here than in most other areas. About 6.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.4%
Higher than 88% 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 Gowrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80065/gowrie/topic/community