12.3% ▼ -43.7%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wallerawang · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Wallerawang
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Wallerawang volunteer than in most similar areas, but more residents provide unpaid care. While volunteer rates have dropped, the proportion of people looking after children or others at home has grown since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.3% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than most similar areas. This is a sharp drop from 2011, when 21.9% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A higher than usual 13.8% of people provide unpaid care, including 27.3% who look after children. The number of people doing at least 15 hours of unpaid housework also rose since 2011 to 23.1%.
13.8% ▲ +16.5%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▲ +16.3%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▲ +19.5%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 23.1%
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.
Defence Force service is uncommon in Wallerawang, with only 1.8% of people having served. This is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national 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 Wallerawang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115151/wallerawang/topic/community