20.7% ▼ -39.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wakool · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wakool
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Wakool volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature of the area, where residents are far more likely to give their time to others than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 20.7% of people helping out, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much more common than in most areas, with 19.2% of people providing care. This is well above the national figure of 11.9%, though those caring for children are slightly less common at 23.0%.
19.2% ▲ +78.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 24.4%
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.
The area has a higher rate of Defence Force veterans than most similar places, with 3.7% of residents having served, slightly above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.7%
Higher than 66% 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 Wakool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14108/wakool/topic/community