13.2% ▼ -51.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wingen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wingen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Wingen is marked by a strong commitment to the home, with more people doing significant housework than in other parts of the state. While 13.2% of residents volunteer and about 2.7% have served in the Defence Force, the community mostly reflects national patterns of service and care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.2% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than in most similar areas but about the same as the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A higher proportion of people do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework compared to the state and national figures. This sits alongside 24.6% of residents caring for children unpaid and 11.0% providing other unpaid care, both of which are around the national level.
11.0% ▲ +1.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% ▼ -38.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.6%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 24.6%
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.
Around 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both New South Wales and Australia.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Wingen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14349/wingen/topic/community