17.9% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wollstonecraft · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wollstonecraft
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Wollstonecraft sits around the middle of similar areas for community involvement, though it stands out for its high rate of volunteering. While 17.9% of residents volunteer, the area sees much lower levels of unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Wollstonecraft, with 17.9% of people helping out. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas. Only 21.2% of residents care for children unpaid, and just 17.7% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, both figures well below the New South Wales and national averages.
9.4% ▲ +15.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.2% ▲ +14.1%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.7% ▲ +34.4%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 17.7%
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.
About 2.0% of people in Wollstonecraft have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar 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 Wollstonecraft [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14377/wollstonecraft/topic/community