13.2% ▼ -21.9%
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wollongong · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Wollongong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A drop in volunteering marks the biggest change in how people contribute their time in Wollongong since 2011. While 13.2% of residents now volunteer, this is much lower than in most other areas. Other forms of community support, such as unpaid care and housework, remain more common here than the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen by 3.7 percentage points since 2011 to reach 13.2%. This is much lower than most other areas, though it is about the same as the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.1% of people providing care—a figure a little above the state and national averages. This includes 26.0% of residents who provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than in most areas.
13.1% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 22.5%
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 2.1% of people in Wollongong have served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than most other areas and slightly below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
2.1%
Lower than 77% 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 Wollongong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA18450/wollongong/topic/community