25.6% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wermatong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wermatong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of people in Wermatong volunteer their time, making it a place where community contribution is far more common than in most other areas. This spirit of helping others is reflected in high rates of unpaid care and housework throughout the local area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.6% of residents pitching in. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of daily life, as 41.0% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend continues into caregiving, with 17.9% providing unpaid care and 28.2% caring for children unpaid, both of which are higher than typical for most areas.
17.9% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
41.0% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 41.0%
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.
No one in Wermatong has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the national average of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower 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 Wermatong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14248/wermatong/topic/community