17.3% ▼ -37.5%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gisborne · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Gisborne
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp drop in volunteering is the most notable change in Gisborne, where the rate fell by 10 percentage points since 2011. Despite this, the area remains active in community and home life, with a very high number of people providing unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.3% of people volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. This is around the middle for similar areas, though it is much lower than the 27.7% recorded in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is common here, with 35.7% of people caring for children unpaid, a figure well above the national average. This trend has risen since 2011 and sits alongside a higher than usual 26.1% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework a week.
13.3% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.7% ▲ +23.8%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 26.1%
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 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar areas and is about the same as the national figure.
2.8%
Lower than 69% 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 Gisborne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL213006/gisborne/topic/community