27.7% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wallendbeen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wallendbeen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people volunteer their time in Wallendbeen, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit defines the area, even though fewer residents are involved in unpaid childcare or housework compared to most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.7% of people helping out. This is much higher than most areas and far above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common than usual, with only 19.3% of people caring for children and 16.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well below the New South Wales averages.
11.2% ▼ -22.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.3% ▼ -25.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.5% ▼ -30.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 16.5%
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.
About 3.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Wallendbeen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14131/wallendbeen/topic/community