26.8% ▲ +76.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wittitrin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wittitrin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in four people in Wittitrin volunteer, showing a high level of community spirit. This region stands out for its strong culture of helping others, both through official volunteering and significant amounts of unpaid work at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A striking 26.8% of people volunteer here, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 13% and the national average of 14.1%. This rate is much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common in Wittitrin, where 22% of people provide care and 39% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly—both figures far above the national average. Meanwhile, 24.4% of people care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the rest of the state.
22.0% ▲ +22.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
39.0% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.4%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 39.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3% and the Australian 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 Wittitrin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14363/wittitrin/topic/community