21.7% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Little Wobby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Little Wobby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Little Wobby volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature of the area, where residents are far more likely to give their time than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.7% of residents are volunteers, a figure that is well above both the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While childcare duties are about the same as the national average at 26.1%, a much higher share of people (30.4%) do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework per week. Interestingly, there are no residents providing other types of unpaid care, which is far below the national figure of 11.9%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.4% ▲ +18.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 30.4%
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.
No one in this area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Little Wobby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12368/little-wobby/topic/community