15.6% ▼ -24.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
North Wollongong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in North Wollongong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in North Wollongong is marked by a very low rate of home-based care and housework. While about 15.6% of people volunteer, the area has far fewer residents performing unpaid care roles than the state or national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.6% of people in North Wollongong volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%, though this is lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than in most areas; only 7.9% of people provide unpaid care, and just 12.0% care for children unpaid, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, the 12.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
7.9% ▲ +8.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.0% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.6% ▲ +41.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 12.6%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 1.9% of the population, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Wollongong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13027/north-wollongong/topic/community