12.7% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Windermere Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Windermere Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care work stand out in Windermere Park compared to most similar areas. While volunteering is less common here, a significant number of residents dedicate their time to looking after others at home. This community also has a notably higher proportion of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.7% of people volunteer their time, which is much lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is very common here, with 16.6% of people providing unpaid care, a figure well above the national average of 11.9%. This includes 27.9% of residents caring for children unpaid and 25% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly.
16.6% ▲ +38.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.9% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 25.0%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 4.4% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14339/windermere-park/topic/community