61.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 61.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wandana · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wandana
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than six in ten people in Wandana volunteer, making it one of the most active areas for community help in the region. This spirit of giving extends into the home, where a very high number of residents provide unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 61.9% of people volunteer here, which is far above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 33.3% of people providing such support and 38.1% caring for children, both of which are far above national and state figures. In contrast, only 14.3% of residents spend 15 or more hours on housework, which is well below the typical Australian rate of 20.7%.
33.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.1% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 38.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.3% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
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 Wandana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41525/wandana/topic/community