14.6% ▼ -49.5%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gulgong · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Gulgong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp drop in volunteering is the biggest change in Gulgong, where the rate fell 14 percentage points since 2011. While 14.6% of people still volunteer, the area sees higher levels of unpaid housework and childcare than most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen significantly since 2011, dropping from 28.9% to 14.6%. This current rate is lower than most areas, though it remains a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 25.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Childcare is also more frequent than in most areas, with 27.1% of people providing unpaid care for children.
12.3% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 25.7%
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.
About 3.3% of people in Gulgong have served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and sits around the middle for similar areas.
3.3%
Lower than 57% 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 Gulgong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115071/gulgong/topic/community