17.1% ▼ -18.7%
Higher than 80% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wentworth · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Wentworth
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Wentworth have fallen by 4.0 percentage points since 2011, though they remain high. This area sees a strong commitment to community work, with 17.1% of people volunteering, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.1% of residents volunteer, a figure that is much higher than most areas and well above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in most areas, with only 16.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
9.9% ▲ +1.1%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.7% ▼ -21.6%
Lower than 80% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.4% ▼ -14.1%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 16.4%
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 less common here than in other areas, with 1.5% of people having served, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 81% of federal electorate 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 Wentworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED145/wentworth/topic/community