8.5% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Whiporie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Whiporie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have fallen over time in Whiporie, where only 8.5% of people now give their time to community groups. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas, leaving the place well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.5% of people here volunteer, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 24.5% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure—only 11.7% care for children unpaid, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. General unpaid care is also much lower than most areas at 9.6%.
9.6% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.7% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 24.5%
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 3.2% of people in Whiporie have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 58% 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 Whiporie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14290/whiporie/topic/community