28.3% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wombeyan Caves · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wombeyan Caves
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of residents in Wombeyan Caves now volunteer compared to previous years, with 28.3% of the population giving their time. This level of community involvement is far above the national figure. The area is also marked by a notably high number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 28.3% of people here volunteer, a rate that is far above both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.2% of people provide unpaid care, the area has among the lowest rates of people caring for children unpaid at 0.0%. About 20.8% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is about the same as the national figure.
13.2% ▼ -21.1%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% ▼ -37.4%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 20.8%
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.
Former Defence Force members make up 7.7% of the population, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
7.7%
Higher than 91% 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 Wombeyan Caves [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14384/wombeyan-caves/topic/community