29.6% ▼ -38.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.9%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wanaaring · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wanaaring
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Wanaaring volunteer, a figure that has remained high and stands far above the national average. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work, both through volunteering and managing households.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A huge 29.6% of residents volunteer their time, which is far above the 14.1% national figure and much higher than most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid domestic work is very common, with 33.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. Childcare is also more common here than elsewhere, with 29.6% of people caring for children unpaid.
11.1% ▲ +57.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.6% ▲ +12.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.3% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 33.3%
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.
No one in Wanaaring 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 Wanaaring [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14144/wanaaring/topic/community