19.5% ▼ -28.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wyalong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wyalong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Wyalong sits around the middle of similar areas for community involvement, though its volunteering rates are notably high. Nearly one in five people here volunteer, which is well above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.5% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 26.6% of people caring for children and 11.6% providing other unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figures. However, the 22.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is lower than in most other areas.
11.6% ▲ +0.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▼ -21.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 22.5%
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.
Defence service is less common in Wyalong than in most areas, with 1.2% of people having served, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
1.2%
Lower than 66% 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 Wyalong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14449/wyalong/topic/community