6.4% ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wetherill Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wetherill Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has shifted in Wetherill Park, where a small number of residents now provide unpaid care. While few people volunteer, there is a significant amount of unpaid caregiving happening in the area. This is a place where the drive to help others often happens within the family rather than through formal organisations.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.4% of people volunteer their time, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is a major part of life here; 15.1% of people provide unpaid care, which is well above the Australian average of 11.9%. However, far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to other areas, with only 21.2% doing so.
15.1% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.2% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▲ +8.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 20.9%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 0.5% of the population being a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
0.5%
Lower than 71% 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 Wetherill Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14281/wetherill-park/topic/community