15.3% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Werris Creek · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Werris Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people are caring for children in Werris Creek than they were in 2011, while more residents are now providing unpaid care for others. This shift is part of a broader pattern of community support in the town, where 16% of people provide unpaid care for someone else.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.3% of the community volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13%. This is lower than most similar areas and has fallen 1.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, with 16% of people doing so. While 25.5% of residents do over 15 hours of housework—well above the national figure—the share of people caring for children has fallen 11 points since 2011 to 21.2%.
16.0% ▲ +26.4%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.2% ▼ -33.8%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 25.5%
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 service is around the middle for its level, with 3.6% of people having served. This is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.6%
Higher than 52% 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 Werris Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115157/werris-creek/topic/community