19.6% ▲ +48.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wakefield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wakefield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly half of all residents in Wakefield provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. This community is highly active in supporting others, with high rates of unpaid care and a strong volunteering culture. Many people here dedicate a significant amount of their time to family and community work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.6% of people giving their time. This is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are very prominent in Wakefield, where 52% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework and 49% care for children. These figures are far above the state and national averages, which both sit around 21% and 26% respectively. Additionally, 14.7% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, which is higher than most areas.
14.7% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
49.0% ▲ +102.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 49.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
52.0% ▲ +116.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 52.0%
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.
About 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 2.3% in New South Wales and the 2.8% national figure.
2.9%
Higher than 55% 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 Wakefield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14106/wakefield/topic/community