12.8% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wangan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wangan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of unpaid care is a standout feature for Wangan, where 15.7% of people provide this support. While this exceeds state and national figures, other forms of community involvement are less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.8% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, sitting well above the national figure at 15.7%. However, the 24.0% of people caring for children unpaid is a little below the Australian average of 26.3%.
15.7% ▲ +16.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.4% ▼ -27.4%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 18.4%
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.
About 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Wangan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32981/wangan/topic/community