11.7% ▼ -34.8%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wellington · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wellington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just over one-fifth of residents in Wellington provide unpaid child care, though this is lower than the national figure. The area generally sees lower levels of volunteering and housework compared to other similar regions. While unpaid care is less common, veteran presence remains steady.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most areas, with 11.7% of people helping out, which is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 20.2% of people provide unpaid child care and 19.4% do at least 15 hours of housework, both of which are lower than most areas. Meanwhile, the 11.8% of people providing other unpaid care is about the same as the state and national figures.
11.8% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.2% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▼ -16.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 19.4%
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.
Defence service is typical for the region, with 2.9% of people having served in the Defence Force, a figure about the same as that for Australia and New South Wales.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Wellington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14238/wellington/topic/community