17.1% ▲ +15.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wollar · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wollar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of volunteering than the national average marks the community spirit in Wollar. While 17.1% of people volunteer, the area sees far lower levels of unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.1% of residents giving their time, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon in Wollar, as only 8.6% of people provide this support. This is well below the national figure, and no one reported doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework per week.
8.6% ▼ -40.3%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.3% ▲ +13.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
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, which is a little below the national rate 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 Wollar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14369/wollar/topic/community