10.8% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Woongarrah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Woongarrah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A significant gap exists between Woongarrah and the rest of the country in how people contribute their time. While 33.6% of residents provide unpaid childcare—well above the national figure—only 10.8% of the community volunteers, which is much lower than most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.8% of people in Woongarrah volunteer their time. This is well below the Australian average of 14.1% and a little below the New South Wales figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 33.6% of people providing this care, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Around 23.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework a week, and 12.4% provide other unpaid care, both of which are about the same as the state and national averages.
12.4% ▲ +7.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.6% ▼ -16.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.0%
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 23.5%
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.
About 2.1% of the community have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Woongarrah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14433/woongarrah/topic/community