22.3% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wyangala · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wyangala
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Wyangala has remained steady, with a strong culture of volunteering. Around 22.3% of people here volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This makes it a place where residents are much more likely to give their time to others than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.3% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to the state average, a much higher 31.4% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This is far above the national figure of 20.7%.
10.1% ▼ -34.6%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.3% ▼ -38.8%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.4% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 31.4%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.1% of the population, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
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 Wyangala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14452/wyangala/topic/community