18.1% ▼ -18.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wards River · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wards River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 18% of people in Wards River volunteer their time, contributing well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is paired with a strong history of military service and a high number of residents who put significant time into housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.1% of residents helping out, which is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 31.3% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework—far above the national figure of 20.7%—only 15.0% care for children unpaid, which is far below the Australian average.
11.3% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.0% ▼ -39.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.3% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.7%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 31.3%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most areas, with 6.7% of residents having served in the Defence Force, well above the 2.8% national figure.
6.7%
Higher than 88% 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 Wards River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14165/wards-river/topic/community