22.4% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Whale Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Whale Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of volunteering than the national average defines Whale Beach, where 22.4% of people give their time to help others. This community is far more active in volunteer work than the typical Australian suburb. While civic engagement is high, residents are less likely to provide unpaid childcare than people across the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.4% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian figure of 14.1%. This is higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 18.5% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 23.8% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, slightly more than the state average.
10.3% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.5% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 23.8%
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 common at 2.8%, which is about the same as both the New South Wales and national figures.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 Whale Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14284/whale-beach/topic/community