20.4% ▼ -27.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wattamondara · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wattamondara
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher proportion of people in Wattamondara volunteer than in the rest of the country. About 20.4% of residents give their time to others, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This shows a community that is far more active in volunteering than most other Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
With 20.4% of people volunteering, this area is well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and is higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few residents provide unpaid childcare at 17.1%, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. However, 24.3% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure well above the state average.
13.3% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.1% ▼ -37.9%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -32.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 4.9% of the population, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national rate of 2.8%.
4.9%
Higher than 80% 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 Wattamondara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14208/wattamondara/topic/community