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Wheeny Creek · Suburb / Locality

Community Participation in Wheeny Creek

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

Nearly 22% of people in Wheeny Creek volunteer, which is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales. This high level of community spirit defines the area, though other forms of unpaid service are less common.

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Where Wheeny Creek sits — Volunteers

21.9% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Wheeny Creek — higher than 66% of areas.

Wheeny Creek21.9%
2758, NSW 17.5%
New South Wales 13.0%
Australia 14.1%

Participation

Volunteering for organisations and groups.

Volunteering is very common here, with 21.9% of residents helping out, a figure well above both the state and national averages.

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21.9% —

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.

Unpaid care & work

Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.

About 28.1% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the national figure. However, no one in the area reports providing general unpaid care, a result far below the 11.9% national average.

Defence service

People who served in the Australian Defence Force.

No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.

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 Wheeny Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14286/wheeny-creek/topic/community