14.9% ▼ -21.7%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gawler · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Gawler
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Gawler have stepped up to volunteer over the last decade, with the rate falling by 4.1 percentage points since 2011. While volunteering has dipped, the area remains very supportive of the military, with a high number of former and current Defence Force members living here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.9% of the community volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here; 14.0% of people provide unpaid care, a figure that has risen since 2011 and is a little above the national average. This includes 27.6% of residents who look after children without pay, which is higher than in most areas.
14.0% ▲ +18.6%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 22.0%
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.
A striking 5.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most other areas and well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
5.9%
Higher than 87% 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 Gawler [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL412001/gawler/topic/community