10.2% ▼ -30.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Waitara · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Waitara
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking number of parents are juggling unpaid childcare in Waitara, with 33.5% of residents providing this care. This is well above the national figure of 26.3%. While family care is common, other forms of community contribution and service are less frequent in this area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas. Only 10.2% of people volunteer, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 33.5% of residents provide unpaid childcare—a rate well above the New South Wales figure—those providing other unpaid care are much lower than most areas at 8.0%. About 22.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is a little above the national figure.
8.0% ▼ -3.1%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.5% ▲ +16.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▲ +15.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 22.1%
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 lower than in most similar areas. Only 1.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national rate of 2.8%.
1.0%
Lower than 67% 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 Waitara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14104/waitara/topic/community