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Wean · Suburb / Locality

Community Participation in Wean

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

A huge 31.3% of people provide unpaid care in Wean, which is among the highest rates in the country. This community is marked by a very high proportion of people looking after others, though very few residents have served in the military.

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📍 Wean, Suburb / Locality

Where Wean sits — Volunteers

12.5% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Wean — lower than 78% of areas.

Wean12.5%
2382, NSW 20.4%
New South Wales 13.0%
Australia 14.1%

Participation

Volunteering for organisations and groups.

Volunteering rates are low here, with 12.5% of people helping out. This is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.

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12.5% —

Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.

Unpaid care & work

Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.

The number of people providing unpaid care is far above the national figure, and this includes a much higher rate of childcare than usual at 31.3%. In contrast, very few people do 15 or more hours of housework each week, at just 9.4%.

Defence service

People who served in the Australian Defence Force.

No one in Wean has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national rate of 2.8%.

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 Wean [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14223/wean/topic/community