24.4% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Windermere · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Windermere
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Windermere volunteer, creating a community where giving back is far more common than in most other areas. This high level of engagement is seen alongside a strong culture of unpaid family support and care at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.4% of residents helping out. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent in this area, as 31.7% of people care for children, which is well above the Australian figure of 26.3%. This goes hand-in-hand with higher rates of unpaid care and housework compared to most other areas.
14.6% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.7% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 26.8%
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 community has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the national average of 2.8%.
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 Windermere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14338/windermere/topic/community