28.6% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wirrinya · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wirrinya
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong culture of giving and looking after others defines Wirrinya, where volunteering and unpaid care are far more common than in most of the country. Nearly 29% of residents give their time as volunteers, a figure that stands out sharply against the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.6% of people helping out, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life for many, as 23.8% provide care and 41.3% look after children unpaid—both figures are far above the national averages.
23.8% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
41.3% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 23.8%
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 area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
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 Wirrinya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14360/wirrinya/topic/community