15.7% ▼ -20.6%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wamberal · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wamberal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 31% of people in Wamberal provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This high level of family care defines the area's community contribution, alongside a notable amount of housework and a modest number of volunteers.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.7% of residents volunteer, a little above the New South Wales and Australian figures, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is common here, with 31.2% of people caring for children unpaid and 27% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the state and national averages. General unpaid care sits at 12.3%, which is about the same as the figures for Australia and New South Wales.
12.3% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.2% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 27.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.9% of the population, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Wamberal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14140/wamberal/topic/community