7.7% ▼ -41.7%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wentworth Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wentworth Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people engage in unpaid care or community work in Wentworth Point than in most other areas. Only 7.7% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This pattern extends to housework and caregiving, suggesting a lifestyle with lower rates of unpaid community and domestic involvement.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is rare here, with only 7.7% of people pitching in. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and sits well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas. Only 5.9% of people provide unpaid care and 15.4% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below the national figures.
5.9% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.9% ▲ +16.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.4% ▲ +51.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 15.4%
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 less common here than in other areas. Only 0.9% of residents served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
0.9%
Lower than 69% 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 Wentworth Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14244/wentworth-point/topic/community