19.5% ▼ -22.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wahroonga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wahroonga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Wahroonga volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community involvement is seen across the area, with more residents providing unpaid care and housework than in most other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.5% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 29.2% of people caring for children, well above the national figure. Another 25.4% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, while 11.3% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the rest of Australia.
11.3% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.2% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.4% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 25.4%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 2.1%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Wahroonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14103/wahroonga/topic/community