17.1% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wattle Ponds · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wattle Ponds
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Wattle Ponds provide unpaid childcare, making it a place where family care is a major part of daily life. This high level of family support is matched by a strong local spirit, with volunteering rates well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.1% of residents volunteer their time, 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.
Care roles are very common here, with 35.9% of people caring for children unpaid, far above the state average of 25.3%. This aligns with a higher than usual 26.6% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, while 12.5% provide general unpaid care, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
12.5% ▲ +12.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.9% ▼ -18.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.8%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.6% ▼ -18.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 26.6%
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.
Defence service is common at a rate of 2.9%, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Wattle Ponds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14211/wattle-ponds/topic/community