34.7% ▲ +36.8%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gnowangerup · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Gnowangerup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in three people in Gnowangerup volunteer their time, creating a community where unpaid work is a huge part of daily life. This spirit of helping out is far above the national figure and has grown steadily over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 34.7% of people helping out. This is far above the 14.1% national figure and rose by 9.3 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major feature of local life, with 31.0% of people doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure. Providing other types of unpaid care is also well above the national average at 16.3%, while 29.0% care for children unpaid.
16.3% ▲ +77.2%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.0% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.0% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 31.0%
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.
About 3.6% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
3.6%
Higher than 51% 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 Gnowangerup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521023/gnowangerup/topic/community