11.6% ▼ -58.9%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wallacia · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Wallacia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp 17 percentage point drop in volunteers since 2011 marks the biggest change in community life for Wallacia. While unpaid care for children remains steady, the area now has much lower volunteer rates than most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.6% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is a little below both the New South Wales and national rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework (27.6%) than in most areas, sitting well above the national figure. Meanwhile, those caring for children unpaid (25.5%) are about the same as the state and national averages.
11.2% ▼ -22.5%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.6% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 27.6%
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 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas but about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.8%
Lower than 71% 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 Wallacia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115150/wallacia/topic/community