6.7% ▼ -25.4%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Windale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Windale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 15% of people in Windale provide unpaid care, which is a higher rate than most other areas. While many residents help others, the community has a very low rate of formal volunteering. This mix shows a place where support often happens through family and care rather than organised groups.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.7% of people in Windale volunteer, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1% and among the lowest for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.7% of people providing support, which is well above the New South Wales figure. However, far fewer people do unpaid housework or care for children compared to most other areas.
14.7% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.9% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.0% ▼ -17.2%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 18.0%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 1.9% of the population, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the national figure.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Windale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14333/windale/topic/community