23.5% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gumeracha · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Gumeracha
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteering rates have dropped by 5.2 percentage points since 2011 in Gumeracha (L), though they remain very high. Nearly a quarter of the population still gives their time to help others, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.5% of residents volunteer, a rate much higher than most similar areas and well above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people do significant unpaid housework here than in most areas, with 25.6% spending 15 or more hours a week on it. Unpaid childcare at 26.1% is about the same as the state and national figures.
12.3% ▲ +9.9%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 25.6%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 4.2% of people having served, which is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.2%
Higher than 66% 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 Gumeracha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421014/gumeracha/topic/community