15.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wapengo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wapengo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 36% of people in Wapengo spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is far above the national figure. While many residents contribute to the home, others engage with the wider community through volunteering. This mix of home and community work defines the local social landscape.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 15.4% of people helping out, a figure slightly above both the New South Wales and national rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people provide unpaid childcare, at 12.8%, which is far below the national average. This is consistent with a much lower than usual 9% of residents providing any form of unpaid care.
9.0% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.8% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.9% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 35.9%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages.
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 Wapengo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14157/wapengo/topic/community