20.1% ▼ -24.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wallarobba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wallarobba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Wallarobba volunteer their time, a rate well above the national figure. This level of community involvement is much higher than most similar areas. Local residents also show a strong commitment to unpaid care and service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.1% of people helping out. This is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia and the 13.0% recorded in New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent, with 27.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Unpaid care for others is also a little above the state average at 13.6%.
13.6% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 27.3%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most similar areas. About 5.2% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 2.8% national average.
5.2%
Higher than 82% 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 Wallarobba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14129/wallarobba/topic/community