23.9% ▼ -25.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wantabadgery · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wantabadgery
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 24% of people in Wantabadgery volunteer, a figure far above the New South Wales average. This highlights a strong local commitment to community work in a place where people also step up more often to provide unpaid care than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 23.9% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales and well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People providing unpaid care are more common than in most areas, at 14.2%. While 23.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly—well above the Australian figure—the rate of those caring for children unpaid is a little below the national average at 23.9%.
14.2% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.9% ▼ -30.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▼ -23.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 23.9%
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.
Defence service is more common in Wantabadgery than in most similar areas. About 3.3% of residents have served, which is a little above the 2.3% recorded across New South Wales.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Wantabadgery [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14154/wantabadgery/topic/community