15.6% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wallamore · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wallamore
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Wallamore than in other parts of the state. This is most evident in childcare, where 37.5% of residents provide unpaid help for children, a figure far above the New South Wales average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.6% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this rate is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 29.7% of people doing over 15 hours of housework weekly. This is well above the 20.7% national figure, while 15.6% of residents provide other forms of unpaid care.
15.6% ▲ +30.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.5% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.9%
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.7% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 29.7%
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.
A higher number of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.1%, this is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
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 Wallamore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14123/wallamore/topic/community