9.5% ▼ -24.9%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Waterloo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Waterloo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Low levels of unpaid work and volunteering mark the community profile of Waterloo. Very few residents provide unpaid care or volunteer their time compared to other parts of the country. This includes only 9.5% of people volunteering, which is well below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.5% of people in Waterloo volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most areas and well below the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is far less common here than in the rest of the country, with only 5.3% of people providing unpaid care. This is reflected in the very low number of people doing significant housework or caring for children unpaid, both of which are far below New South Wales figures.
5.3% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.1% ▲ +13.6%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.6% ▲ +40.8%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 10.6%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.8% of the population, which is lower than most areas but about the same as the state and national figures.
1.8%
Lower than 60% 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 Waterloo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14201/waterloo/topic/community