14.5% ▼ -20.1%
Higher than 50% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wakehurst · State Electorate
Community Participation in Wakehurst
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Wakehurst provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the state figure. This high level of family care defines much of the community's unpaid work, though overall volunteering has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 14.5% of people in Wakehurst volunteer, which is about the same as the national figure. This is a drop from 2011, when the rate was 18.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The 28.7% of people providing unpaid childcare is higher than most areas. Meanwhile, the 10.8% who provide other forms of unpaid care is lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure.
10.8% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.7% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 21.3%
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.
Very few people in Wakehurst have served in the Defence Force. At 1.8%, this is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.8%
Lower than 80% of state electorate 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 Wakehurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10088/wakehurst/topic/community