11.3% ▼ -42.6%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wardell · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wardell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in four people in Wardell do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week. This is a place where a significant number of residents provide unpaid care, though volunteering is less common than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.3% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 15.1% of people providing care—well above the New South Wales figure of 11.5%. While 24.3% do significant unpaid housework, only 22% provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
15.1% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.0% ▼ -34.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -18.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
About 3.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Wardell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14162/wardell/topic/community