6.9% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wolli Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wolli Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 6.9% of people in Wolli Creek volunteer their time, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. This low level of community involvement extends to unpaid care and household work, with figures sitting well below both the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 6.9% of residents pitching in. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much less common than elsewhere; only 12.6% of people care for children unpaid, compared to 26.3% across Australia. Similarly, only 4.0% provide unpaid care and 10.7% do over 15 hours of housework, both far below state and national figures.
4.0% ▼ -24.7%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.6% ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.7% ▲ +23.5%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 10.7%
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.
Defence service is less common in Wolli Creek than in most areas. Just 1.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national average of 2.8%.
1.0%
Lower than 67% 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 Wolli Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14371/wolli-creek/topic/community