12.7% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gosford · State Electorate
Community Participation in Gosford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Gosford provide unpaid care for children, the most common form of community contribution in the area. While housework and general caregiving remain steady, the number of people volunteering has dropped since 2011. Overall, community involvement in Gosford is mostly in line with state and national trends.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen by 3.5 percentage points since 2011 to reach 12.7%. This is lower than most similar areas and sits a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 23.9% of people care for children unpaid, which is much lower than most areas and has fallen since 2011. Meanwhile, 22.7% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure a little above the national average.
12.0% ▲ +3.3%
Lower than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.9% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 22.7%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.8% of the population. This is about the same as the New South Wales and Australian figures.
2.8%
Lower than 52% of state electorate 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 Gosford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10030/gosford/topic/community