21.4% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wanganui · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wanganui
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 21.4% of people in Wanganui volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community involvement defines the area, though very few residents have served in the armed forces.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.4% of residents giving their time. This is higher than most areas and sits well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.6% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—nobody in the area provides unpaid care for others. Around 23.8% of people care for children unpaid, which is a little below the national rate.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 28.6%
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 Wanganui has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the New South Wales average of 2.3%.
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 Wanganui [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14152/wanganui/topic/community