13.4% ▼ -17.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wollongong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wollongong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare in Wollongong compared to the rest of the country, with only 14.4% doing so. This trend carries across most forms of community and home support, though local volunteering rates remain steady and typical for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.4% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most areas. This figure is about the same as the New South Wales and national rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 10.1% of people providing this support. This includes a much lower rate of unpaid childcare (14.4%) and far fewer people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework (15.3%) than the state and national figures.
10.1% ▲ +5.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.4% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.3% ▲ +8.5%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 15.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.0% of the population. This is lower than most areas, though it is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Wollongong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14376/wollongong/topic/community