12.9% ▼ -28.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Worrigee · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Worrigee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 32% of people in Worrigee provide unpaid child care, a figure well above the national average. This highlights a community with strong family responsibilities, though formal volunteering is less common here than in other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.9% of residents volunteer their time, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is very common at 32.0%, well above the New South Wales figure of 25.3%. This sits alongside slightly higher rates of people providing other unpaid care (13.4%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (22.9%).
13.4% ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.0% ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -15.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 22.9%
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.
Military service is very prominent in Worrigee, where 9.7% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the Australian average of 2.8% and among the highest rates for areas of this type.
9.7%
Higher than 95% 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 Worrigee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14441/worrigee/topic/community