29.3% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.1%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wallanthery · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wallanthery
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Wallanthery volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This small community is much more active in unpaid work and care than most similar areas, with over half the population caring for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.3% of residents giving their time, which is far above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life in Wallanthery; 53.7% of people care for children, well above the national figure of 26.3%. While 17.1% provide other types of unpaid care, the 19.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is a little below the national average.
17.1% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
53.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.9%
- 2021: 53.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 70.4%
- 2021: 19.5%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Wallanthery [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14126/wallanthery/topic/community