36.5% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wantagong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wantagong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Among the highest in its class for community spirit, Wantagong sees 36.5% of its people volunteering. This level of participation is far above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 36.5% of residents giving their time. 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.
While 14.3% of people provide unpaid care—which is a little above the national figure—very few are caring for children. Only 15.9% do so, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
14.3% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.9% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 22.2%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
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 Wantagong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14155/wantagong/topic/community