9.2% ▼ -31.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Watanobbi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Watanobbi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About a quarter of people in Watanobbi provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution here. While many residents help out at home, the area has a notably low rate of volunteering compared to other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.2% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most other areas. This figure is well below both the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common, with 25.2% of people providing this care, which is about the same as the state average. Another 12.7% provide general unpaid care, a figure slightly above the New South Wales average.
12.7% ▼ -1.8%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.2% ▼ -20.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 21.1%
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 2.4% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.4%
Lower than 55% 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 Watanobbi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14199/watanobbi/topic/community