15.5% ▼ -29.2%
Higher than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gympie · State Electorate
Community Participation in Gympie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Gympie have spent time volunteering since 2011, with the rate dropping 6.4 percentage points to 15.5%. While volunteering has fallen, the area has a high rate of people providing unpaid care and housework. This mix of activity shows a shift in how residents contribute their time to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.5% of people in Gympie volunteer, which is a little above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 21.9% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 26.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly—well above the national figure of 20.7%. Similarly, 14.5% provide unpaid care, which is well above the state average, though only 22.0% care for children unpaid, a figure well below the rest of Australia.
14.5% ▲ +24.1%
Higher than 97% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.0% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 98% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 26.2%
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.
A much higher proportion of people in Gympie have served in the Defence Force compared to most other areas. At 4.7%, this is a little above the national rate of 2.8%.
4.7%
Higher than 87% 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 Gympie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30032/gympie/topic/community