15.1% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 50% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wollongong · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Wollongong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Typical for its size, Wollongong shows moderate levels of community involvement with 15.1% of people volunteering. While some local contributions remain steady, the number of residents giving their time to volunteer work has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.1% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This is a drop from 2011, when 19.0% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A little more than one in five people (22.2%) do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a rate higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 12.6% provide unpaid care and 25.4% care for children unpaid, both figures which are about the same as the state and national levels.
12.6% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% ▼ -12.1%
Lower than 55% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 61% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 22.2%
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.
Only 2.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most similar areas.
2.1%
Lower than 75% of sub-region (sa3) 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/sa3/10704/wollongong/topic/community