13.9% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wollondilly · State Electorate
Community Participation in Wollondilly
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Wollondilly do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework a week, a figure well above the national average. The area shows a strong trend of unpaid care and domestic work, even as volunteering and general community service remain steady.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of residents are volunteers, which is around the middle for its level and barely changed since 2011. This figure is about the same as the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 28.3% of people caring for children, which is well above the state figure. This is consistent with the fact that 26.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a rate among the highest for similar areas.
12.5% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 98% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 26.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.0% of the population. This is about the same as the Australian and New South Wales figures.
3.0%
Higher than 53% 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 Wollondilly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10091/wollondilly/topic/community