19.6% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Waverton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Waverton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Waverton than in the rest of the state. Nearly one in five residents gives their time to others, though the area has much lower rates of unpaid care and housework compared to national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 19.6% of residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 9.8% of people providing care. This is consistent with lower rates of people doing unpaid housework (19.5%) and those caring for children (21.6%), both of which are well below the Australian averages.
9.8% ▲ +23.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% ▲ +0.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▲ +21.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 19.5%
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 2.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Waverton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14219/waverton/topic/community