14.1% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
East Wardell · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in East Wardell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual provide a helping hand in East Wardell, where 18.4% of residents give unpaid care. This is well above the national figure and suggests a community where many people take on significant caring roles in their daily lives.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.1% of people volunteer their time, which is about the same as the Australian average and a little above the New South Wales figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 23.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure. Providing unpaid care is much higher than most areas, while the 24.6% who care for children unpaid is about the same as the state average.
18.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 23.8%
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 around the middle for its level, with 2.3% of people having served, a figure about the same as both the state and national averages.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Wardell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11368/east-wardell/topic/community