14.5% ▼ -30.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wallalong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wallalong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher levels of unpaid care than most similar areas define the community in Wallalong. Around 33.7% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well above both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is a little above the New South Wales figure at 14.5%, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is very common here, with 15.1% of people providing unpaid care and 25.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework a week, both of which are well above the national figures.
15.1% ▲ +60.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.7% ▼ -18.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.3%
- 2016: 38.1%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.3% ▼ -12.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 25.3%
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.
More people have served in the Defence Force here than in most similar areas, with 3.3% of residents having served, which is a little above the state rate.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Wallalong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14122/wallalong/topic/community