11.6% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wyee · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wyee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Low volunteer rates define Wyee, where only 11.6% of residents give their time to a cause. This is much lower than most similar areas. While community volunteering is low, there is a higher proportion of former Defence Force members compared to most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.6% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most other areas. This is a little below both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is low at 22.2%, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. However, 12.8% of people provide some form of unpaid care, and 23.2% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, both of which are a little above the state average.
12.8% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.2% ▼ -22.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 23.2%
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.
A higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 3.5%, this is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Wyee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14456/wyee/topic/community