17.9% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wanniassa · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wanniassa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in Wanniassa provide unpaid child care, which is much higher than most other areas. This strong level of family support is a key feature of the community's participation. Many residents also contribute through volunteering and service to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.9% of residents volunteer their time, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the ACT figure. This is well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 33.1% of people caring for children, well above the national figure. This is consistent with higher rates of people providing other unpaid care (14.8%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (23.5%).
14.8% ▲ +29.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.1% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 23.5%
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 people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 5.2%, this is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
5.2%
Higher than 83% 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 Wanniassa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80129/wanniassa/topic/community