24.2% ▼ -25.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wallagoot · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wallagoot
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Wallagoot volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong tendency for residents to provide unpaid care and support to others in their area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.2% of people helping out, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life in Wallagoot. While child care is about the same as the state average, 30.8% of people do over 15 hours of housework weekly and 15.4% provide unpaid care, both figures well above the national average.
15.4% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.8% ▼ -26.0%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.8% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 30.8%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 4.1% of residents having served, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 73% 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 Wallagoot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14121/wallagoot/topic/community