8.1% ▼ -46.9%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Walgett · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Walgett
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 8.1% of people in Walgett volunteer, a figure that has fallen sharply since 2011. This low level of community involvement is seen across the board, with very few residents providing unpaid care or support compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for similar areas, sitting well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This rate has fallen 7.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is far below national levels, with only 12.9% of people caring for children and 8.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Those providing other unpaid care are also well below the state average at 4.9%.
4.9% ▼ -60.9%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.9% ▼ -59.2%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
8.9% ▼ -65.7%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 8.9%
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 1.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.8%
Lower than 88% of urban centre 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 Walgett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115149/walgett/topic/community