32.4% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.0%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Washpool · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Washpool
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 41% of people in Washpool do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week, a figure far above the national average. This community is marked by very high levels of unpaid work and volunteering, though almost no one provides unpaid care for people with disabilities or the elderly.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 32.4% of people helping out. This is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia and much higher than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life in Washpool, where 32.4% of people care for children and 41.2% do heavy housework, both well above state and national figures. However, the rate of people providing other unpaid care is 0.0%, which is far below the national figure.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.4% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
41.2% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 41.2%
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 Australian rate of 2.8%.
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 Washpool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14197/washpool/topic/community