25.0% ▼ -32.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wagstaffe · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wagstaffe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of residents in Wagstaffe volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement stands out as a defining feature of the area's social life.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25% of people here volunteer, a figure that is much higher than most areas and far above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people care for children unpaid compared to the state and national figures, 15.4% provide some form of unpaid care. This is well above the national average, as is the 28.8% who do 15 or more hours of housework per week.
15.4% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.8% ▼ -38.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.8% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 28.8%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 2.8% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 Wagstaffe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14102/wagstaffe/topic/community