17.1% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wayo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wayo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual in most similar areas contribute to their community in Wayo. Local residents are particularly active in providing unpaid care and volunteering, with 17.1% of people giving their time to volunteer work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.1% of people helping out. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is much higher than most areas at 16.2%, well above the national figure of 11.9%. This contrast is sharp for childcare, as only 18.0% of people care for children unpaid, which is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
16.2% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.0% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 23.4%
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 higher than usual proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force. At 3.7%, this is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.7%
Higher than 66% 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 Wayo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14221/wayo/topic/community