10.0% ▼ -44.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
East Wagga Wagga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in East Wagga Wagga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 15% of people in East Wagga Wagga provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure. While the area has a strong presence of former Defence Force members, it has a lower rate of volunteering than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10% of people here volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most areas and well below the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15% of residents providing support, which is well above the New South Wales figure. However, only 11.7% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, a rate well below the Australian average of 20.7%.
15.0% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.9% ▲ +19.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.7% ▼ -55.4%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 11.7%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas, with 6.6% of people having served, well above the 2.8% national figure.
6.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality 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 East Wagga Wagga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11367/east-wagga-wagga/topic/community