21.4% ▼ -27.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wangary · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wangary
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well over 21% of people in Wangary volunteer, which is far higher than the national figure. This community shows a strong tendency toward volunteering and military service, though it has a much lower rate of unpaid childcare than most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.4% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above both the South Australian rate of 17% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here, with only 8.8% of people providing care and just 11.5% caring for children, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Around 20.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
8.8% ▼ -35.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.5% ▼ -62.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▼ -39.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 20.9%
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 much higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 5.5%, which is a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
5.5%
Higher than 85% 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 Wangary [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41529/wangary/topic/community