8.1% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wambrook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wambrook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A surprisingly high number of people provide unpaid support in Wambrook, where 27% of residents give care to others. While this level of care is far above the national figure, formal volunteering is much less common here than in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.1% of people in Wambrook volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 27% of residents providing care—far above the 11.9% Australian average. This includes a higher than usual 27% who do over 15 hours of housework weekly, though those caring for children are far fewer than in most areas.
27.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.5% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.3%
- 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.
No one in Wambrook has served in the Defence Force, a figure slightly below the national average 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 Wambrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14143/wambrook/topic/community