10.6% ▼ -34.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wilton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wilton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 41.8% of people in Wilton provide unpaid childcare, far more than the national figure. This high level of family care shapes daily life here, even though formal volunteering is much lower than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.6% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1% and much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care for children is very common, with 41.8% of people doing so unpaid, while 27.2% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. In contrast, those providing other types of unpaid care sit at 11.5%, about the same as the state and national figures.
11.5% ▲ +8.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
41.8% ▲ +23.9%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 41.5%
- 2021: 41.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.2% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 27.2%
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 2.5% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is roughly the same as both New South Wales and Australia.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Wilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14329/wilton/topic/community