13.5% ▼ -0.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wagaman · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wagaman
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Wagaman is marked by a high number of parents managing childcare, though overall volunteering is low. About 27.6% of people here look after children without pay, which is higher than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with 13.5% of residents giving their time. This is about the same as the figures for both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While many people care for children, 16.9% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well below the national figure of 20.7%. Those providing general unpaid care sit at 10.3%, a little below the Australian average.
10.3% ▲ +35.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.9% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 16.9%
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.
Defence service is common for a place of this size, with 2.5% of the population having served. This is about the same as the national figure, though a little below the Northern Territory's 5.2%.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Wagaman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70277/wagaman/topic/community