12.9% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
North Wagga Wagga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in North Wagga Wagga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people volunteer in North Wagga Wagga than in most similar areas. While 12.9% of residents give their time to community groups, the area sees a higher proportion of people caring for children unpaid compared to most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 12.9% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A higher than usual 27.3% of people here provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 25.3%. Meanwhile, those providing general unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework are less common here than in most areas.
11.9% ▲ +1.6%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 21.0%
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.
Around 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the national average of 2.8%.
3.0%
Higher than 55% 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 North Wagga Wagga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13024/north-wagga-wagga/topic/community