26.5% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wiagdon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wiagdon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people volunteer in Wiagdon than across the rest of the country. Over a quarter of residents give their time to others, creating a community that is much more active in unpaid work than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.5% of people helping out. This is far above the 13% seen in New South Wales and the 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life for many, as 32.4% of people care for children, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. While 14.7% provide other unpaid care, only 8.8% do 15 or more hours of housework, a figure far below the 20.7% seen nationally.
14.7% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.4% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
8.8% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 8.8%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% national average.
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 Wiagdon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14299/wiagdon/topic/community