6.9% ▼ -29.3%
Lower than 95% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Werriwa · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Werriwa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 6.9% of people in Werriwa volunteer, which is one of the lowest rates for similar areas. This suggests a gap in formal community participation, even though about a quarter of residents spend their time caring for children unpaid.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates have fallen 2.9 percentage points since 2011. At 6.9%, this is well below the New South Wales figure of 13% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 25.9% of people providing care, which is about the same as the rest of Australia. However, the 19.3% who do 15 or more hours of housework is lower than most other areas.
11.1% ▼ -1.8%
Lower than 64% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▲ +3.3%
Lower than 53% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.3% ▲ +10.4%
Lower than 65% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 19.3%
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 rare in the area, with only 1.0% of people having served. This is much lower than most similar areas and sits below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.0%
Lower than 93% 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 Werriwa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED146/werriwa/topic/community