21.8% ▲ +18.5%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
West Wyalong · Urban Centre
Community Participation in West Wyalong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 22% of people volunteer in West Wyalong, a rate well above the national figure. This high level of community involvement marks a significant increase from a decade ago. The town shows strong local engagement across various unpaid roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 21.8% of residents helping out. This figure has risen by 3.4 percentage points since 2011 and sits well above the New South Wales rate of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is slightly more common than the state average, with 27% of people providing this care. Meanwhile, the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework fell to 21.4%, and those providing other unpaid care dropped to 10.8%.
10.8% ▼ -21.9%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -20.6%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 21.4%
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 much less common here than in most similar areas, with 2.3% of the population having served. This is about the same as the New South Wales figure and slightly below the national rate of 2.8%.
2.3%
Lower than 81% 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 West Wyalong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115158/west-wyalong/topic/community