11.7% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Waratah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Waratah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Waratah engage in unpaid work or volunteering compared to most similar areas. Only 11.7% of residents volunteer their time, which is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are much lower here than in most other areas. At 11.7%, the figure is a little below both the New South Wales average of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common in Waratah than in most areas. Only 19.3% of people care for children unpaid, and just 14.2% spend 15 or more hours on housework, both of which are well below the national figures.
9.6% ▲ +1.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.3% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.2% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 14.2%
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.
A higher share of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 3.6%, this is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Waratah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14159/waratah/topic/community