38.7% ▲ +24.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wee Jasper · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wee Jasper
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 39% of people in Wee Jasper volunteer, a rate that has remained very high compared to the rest of the country. This community is marked by a strong culture of helping out, with far more residents providing unpaid care than in the typical Australian town.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is incredibly common here, with 38.7% of people helping out. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 21.7% of people providing support, which is far above the state average. This is alongside a higher than usual 26.4% of residents who do 15 or more hours of housework a week.
21.7% ▲ +88.3%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▼ -19.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.4% → 0.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 26.4%
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 little more than 3.6% of the population served in the Defence Force. This is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Wee Jasper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14227/wee-jasper/topic/community