18.6% ▼ -29.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wherrol Flat · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wherrol Flat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost 1 in 5 people provide unpaid care in Wherrol Flat, a rate well above the national figure. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, with high levels of volunteering and home-based support. It is a place where many residents give their time to support both the community and their own families.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.6% of people pitching in. This is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, as 18.2% of residents provide support and 28.5% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both well above national figures. In contrast, the 23% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
18.2% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% ▲ +8.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.5% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 28.5%
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.
About 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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 Wherrol Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14288/wherrol-flat/topic/community