12.4% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wallsend · State Electorate
Community Participation in Wallsend
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 26.8% of people in Wallsend provide unpaid childcare, the most common form of community contribution in the area. While these care roles are common, the local rate of volunteering has dropped to 12.4%. This trend is mirrored in the decline of people spending significant time on housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Wallsend is lower than in most similar areas. Only 12.4% of residents volunteer, a figure that has fallen by 2.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common here at 26.8%, which is a little above the New South Wales figure. Meanwhile, those spending 15 or more hours a week on housework have fallen to 19.5%, while those providing other unpaid care have stayed steady at 12.1%.
12.1% ▲ +0.0%
Higher than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.8% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 65% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 19.5%
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 higher share of people in Wallsend have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.2% of the population having served.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Wallsend [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10089/wallsend/topic/community