18.4% ▼ -15.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wolumla · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wolumla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Wolumla has remained a strong feature of local life over the last decade. A striking 18.4% of people volunteer here, which is well above the national figure. This spirit of giving extends to both formal volunteering and a high rate of unpaid care at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people in Wolumla volunteer their time. At 18.4%, this is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 27.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. This high level of home support is consistent with 14.9% of residents providing unpaid care, a figure higher than most other areas.
14.9% ▲ +24.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.5% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 27.5%
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.
Service to the country is much more common here than in most areas. About 5.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the 2.8% average for Australia.
5.9%
Higher than 86% 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 Wolumla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14380/wolumla/topic/community