27.8% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wang Wauk · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wang Wauk
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost 28% of people in Wang Wauk volunteer their time, showing a high level of community involvement for the area. This spirit of giving extends to the home, where residents are much more likely to perform unpaid care and housework than those in the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.8% of people helping out. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Home life involves significant unpaid work, as 33.3% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is far above the national figure of 20.7%, alongside a higher rate of people caring for children unpaid (30.0%).
12.2% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.3% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.3%
- 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.
Military service is also more common here than in most areas. About 9.5% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
9.5%
Higher than 95% 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 Wang Wauk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14150/wang-wauk/topic/community