15.3% ▼ -26.1%
Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wauchope · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Wauchope
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define Wauchope compared to the state and national figures. While 14.9% of people provide unpaid care, the town also sees a high proportion of residents contributing through housework and volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.3% of people in Wauchope volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This is a drop from 2011, when 20.8% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 14.9% of people providing care and 25.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well above the national totals, though the number of people caring for children unpaid fell slightly to 27.3% since 2011.
14.9% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.1% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 25.1%
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 than usual 3.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the 2.3% recorded for New South Wales.
3.6%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Wauchope [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108041166/wauchope/topic/community