18.4% ▼ -34.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wyndham · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wyndham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines Wyndham, where 18.4% of residents give their time to others. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, marking the area as more active in community support than most of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.4% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is common here, with 29.0% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This happens alongside a lower rate of childcare, as only 18.4% of residents provide unpaid care for children, which is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
12.8% ▲ +37.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.4% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.0% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 29.0%
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 2.2% of the population, which is about the same as the 2.3% across New South Wales.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Wyndham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14461/wyndham/topic/community