18.0% ▼ -19.9%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wingecarribee · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Wingecarribee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well over 26% of people in Wingecarribee spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average. This reflects a community where people contribute significant time to both their homes and local causes. It is a place where residents are more likely to volunteer or have served in the military than in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18% of people here volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13%. However, this level of community involvement has fallen by 4.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.5% of people provide unpaid care—about the same as the national figure—those doing heavy housework are among the highest in the country. Around 24.5% provide unpaid childcare, which is a little below the Australian average.
12.5% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 26.7%
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 higher proportion of people in Wingecarribee have served in the Defence Force compared to most other areas. At 3.4%, this is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.4%
Higher than 64% of council (lga) 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 Wingecarribee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA18350/wingecarribee/topic/community