18.4% ▲ +79.1%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gulmarrad · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Gulmarrad
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in three residents in Gulmarrad do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week, which is far above the national figure. The area has a strong record of giving back, with high rates of volunteering and military service. It is a community where many people provide unpaid support to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has risen 8.1 percentage points since 2011 to reach 18.4%. This is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.2% of people providing care, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. While 31.7% of residents do significant housework, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid has fallen 12 points since 2011 to 24.1%.
15.2% ▲ +27.0%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.1% ▼ -34.0%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.7% ▲ +22.0%
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 31.7%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most areas, with 5.1% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the New South Wales and Australian figures of 2.3% and 2.8% respectively.
5.1%
Higher than 79% 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).
More for Gulmarrad
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Gulmarrad [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115072/gulmarrad/topic/community