16.8% ▼ -19.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wagga Wagga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wagga Wagga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher share of residents in Wagga Wagga have served in the Defence Force compared to most other areas. The community is active, with 16.8% of people volunteering, which is well above the New South Wales figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 16.8% of the population volunteer, a figure that is a little above the national average and well above the state rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people here do unpaid care and housework than in most areas. Those caring for children unpaid (20.1%) and those doing over 15 hours of housework (15.2%) are both well below national and state figures.
11.4% ▲ +17.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.1% ▼ -2.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.2% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 15.2%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 4.0% of people having served, which is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 Wagga Wagga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14101/wagga-wagga/topic/community