23.3% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Waukivory · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Waukivory
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of community involvement mark Waukivory, where nearly a quarter of residents volunteer. This spirit of helping others is seen in the high proportion of people providing unpaid care and those who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.3% of people here volunteer, which is higher than most areas and far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 23.3% of residents providing it—a figure far above the national average of 11.9%. While 30.1% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, only 8.7% care for children unpaid, which is among the lowest rates in the country.
23.3% ▲ +66.4%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.7% ▼ -63.4%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.1% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 30.1%
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.
A high number of people here have served in the Defence Force, at 7.1%. This is well above the 2.8% national figure and among the highest rates for similar areas.
7.1%
Higher than 89% 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 Waukivory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14216/waukivory/topic/community