20.6% ▼ -24.6%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gunbower · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Gunbower
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Gunbower provide unpaid care for others, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. While volunteering has dropped since 2011, the community remains very active in both unpaid work and supporting others compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.6% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% figure for Victoria. This is higher than most areas, though the rate has fallen 6.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 26.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This high level of activity is consistent with 28.3% of residents caring for children and 20.2% providing other types of unpaid care.
20.2% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 26.7%
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.
A little more than 4.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the Victorian rate of 2.0%.
4.5%
Higher 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 Gunbower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222031/gunbower/topic/community