18.5% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Galston · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Galston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Galston provide unpaid childcare, which is much higher than most other areas. This strong trend of family and community support is a key feature of the area's social life. It is also a place where volunteering is very common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has grown to 18.5% since 2011, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This is higher than most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here; 33.8% of people care for children and 27.5% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above New South Wales figures. Meanwhile, 13.2% provide other types of unpaid care, which is a little above the national average.
13.2% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.8% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 37.2%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.5% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 27.5%
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.
Only 1.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is among the lowest for similar areas and a little below the Australian average.
1.5%
Lower than 90% of urban centre 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 Galston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115063/galston/topic/community