9.1% ▼ -42.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wells Crossing · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wells Crossing
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer than 1 in 10 people volunteer in Wells Crossing, a rate well below the national figure. While community volunteering is low, there is a strong presence of people providing unpaid care and housework within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.1% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area has a higher rate of people doing 15 or more hours of housework than most places, at 28.4%. While 13.6% of people provide unpaid care, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is much lower than most areas at 19.3%.
13.6% ▲ +21.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.3% ▼ -24.9%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.4% ▼ -22.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 28.4%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.4% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the New South Wales figure.
3.4%
Higher than 61% 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 Wells Crossing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14240/wells-crossing/topic/community