14.4% ▼ -28.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Windella · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Windella
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people are performing unpaid domestic duties in Windella than in most other similar areas. This is especially true for childcare and housework, where local figures sit well above the national average. While 14.4% of the population volunteer, a higher proportion of the community is focused on home-based care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates in Windella are lower than in most similar areas. At 14.4%, the figure is about the same as the Australian average and slightly above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 35.5% of people caring for children and 30.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above national figures. Meanwhile, 12.3% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as across Australia.
12.3% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.5% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.4% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 30.4%
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.
A higher share of people in Windella have served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas. At 4.2%, this is a little above both the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Windella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14335/windella/topic/community