16.4% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wright · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wright
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual proportion of people provide unpaid child care in Wright. While the area is more active in the Defence Force than most of Australia, many residents do far less unpaid housework and caregiving than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.4% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the national figure but a little below the ACT average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is split in Wright, where 30% of people care for children—well above the national figure—yet providing general unpaid care or doing 15+ hours of housework is much lower than in most areas.
8.5% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.7% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 16.7%
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 here, with 4.3% of people having served, a figure that is much higher than most areas and a little above the national average.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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).
More for Wright
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Wright [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80135/wright/topic/community