10.7% ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wallacia · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wallacia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Wallacia has shifted over the last decade, though it now sees lower levels of volunteering than most other areas. While only 10.7% of people volunteer, many residents are heavily involved in unpaid work at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.7% of people in Wallacia volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 28.6% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week, which is well above the New South Wales figure. Around 26.6% of people also provide unpaid childcare, a result that is about the same as the national average.
11.4% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -16.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 28.6%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.1% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
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 Wallacia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14119/wallacia/topic/community