20.1% ▲ +22.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wandandian · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wandandian
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 20.1% of people in Wandandian volunteer their time. This creates a strong pattern of community contribution, with higher rates of volunteering, unpaid care, and former military service compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.1% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 13% seen in New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a big part of life here, as 30.4% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. This sits alongside higher rates of people caring for children unpaid (27.4%) and those providing general unpaid care (13.4%).
13.4% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.4% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 30.4%
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.
A high proportion of the community has a military background. At 7.3%, the number of people who served in the Defence Force is among the highest for areas of this type and well above the 2.3% rate in New South Wales.
7.3%
Higher than 90% 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 Wandandian [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14145/wandandian/topic/community