21.6% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
North Wahroonga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in North Wahroonga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far greater share of people in North Wahroonga give their time to others compared to the rest of the country. About 21.6% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community involvement is seen across volunteering and unpaid care in the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.6% of people helping out. This is higher than most areas and well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in this area. Around 31.7% of people care for children unpaid and 28.0% do more than 15 hours of housework a week, both of which are well above the national figures.
13.6% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.7% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.0% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 28.0%
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.
About 2.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
2.5%
Lower than 52% 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 Wahroonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13025/north-wahroonga/topic/community