16.3% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.5%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Whitlow · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Whitlow
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far lower rate of unpaid care separates Whitlow from the rest of the country. While 16.3% of residents volunteer—which is well above the New South Wales figure—the area is most notable for having almost no one providing unpaid care for people with disabilities or aged care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are a little above the national figure, with 16.3% of people giving their time to a cause.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is far below the state and national figures at 0.0%. Meanwhile, 23.3% of people do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, which is a little above the national figure, and 23.3% provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the Australian average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.5%
- 2021: 23.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below both the state and national rates.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Whitlow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14295/whitlow/topic/community