13.5% ▼ -52.1%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Glossodia · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Glossodia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Glossodia provide unpaid childcare, reflecting a community with strong family-based support. While daily life involves a high amount of home and child care, formal volunteer rates have dropped significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen sharply in Glossodia, dropping 15 percentage points since 2011 to 13.5%. This current rate is lower than most similar areas, though it remains about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 33.6% of people caring for children and 28.2% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both figures being well above the national average. In contrast, the 10.6% of people providing other types of unpaid care is much lower than in most areas.
10.6% ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.6% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.2% ▲ +10.4%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 28.2%
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.
Defence service is uncommon in the area, with only 2.4% of residents having served. This is much lower than most similar areas, though it sits about the same as the New South Wales and Australian figures.
2.4%
Lower than 78% 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 Glossodia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115066/glossodia/topic/community