15.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Welaregang · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Welaregang
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Welaregang involves a high level of unpaid support and service, with 30.8% of people providing unpaid care. This is far above the national figure and marks the area as one of the highest for caregiving. It is also a place where military service is much more common than in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.4% of people here volunteer, which is a little above both the New South Wales and Australian figures. However, this rate is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is very common here, with 30.8% of people providing unpaid care, far above the 11.9% national figure. This is alongside a higher than usual 26.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, though the 19.2% who care for children unpaid is well below the national average.
30.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.2% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.9% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 26.9%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is very common in Welaregang, where 13.8% of people have served. This is far above the national figure of 2.8% and is among the highest rates for areas of this size.
13.8%
Higher than 99% 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 Welaregang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14235/welaregang/topic/community