11.7% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wollongong · State Electorate
Community Participation in Wollongong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of volunteering and child care than most similar areas define the community profile of Wollongong. While 12.9% of people provide some form of unpaid care, other forms of community contribution have dipped over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.7% of people in Wollongong volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This figure has fallen 3.3 percentage points since 2011 and sits a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People providing unpaid care are more common here than in most areas, at 12.9%. However, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is well below the own state and national figures, sitting at 21.5%.
12.9% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 67% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.5% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 19.9%
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.
About 1.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than in most similar areas and sits about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
1.9%
Lower than 79% 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 Wollongong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10092/wollongong/topic/community