18.6% ▼ -15.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wallabi Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wallabi Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Around the middle of similar areas for community involvement, Wallabi Point sees 18.6% of people volunteering. This rate is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Local residents also provide a high level of unpaid care and housework compared to most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people volunteer here, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common in Wallabi Point, with 25.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend carries into caregiving, as 13.8% of residents provide unpaid care, which is a little above the state and national rates.
13.8% ▲ +19.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.9% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 25.8%
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.
About 2.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the state and national rates.
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 Wallabi Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14117/wallabi-point/topic/community