16.6% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gundagai · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Gundagai
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer in Gundagai than in the state or national averages. While 16.6% of the community gives their time to others, the proportion of people providing unpaid care and housework has dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.6% of people in Gundagai volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This is a little above the national rate, though it has fallen 3.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The share of people providing unpaid care for children fell to 23.4% since 2011, which is a little below the national figure. This trend is mirrored in housework, where only 20.0% of people do 15 or more hours a week, much lower than in most other areas.
11.4% ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.4% ▼ -22.3%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% ▼ -26.9%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.8% of the population. This is about the same as the national figure, although it is lower than in most other similar areas.
2.8%
Lower than 71% 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 Gundagai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115073/gundagai/topic/community