12.8% ▼ -49.4%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wilberforce · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Wilberforce
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp 12 percentage point drop in volunteers since 2011 marks a significant shift in how people contribute their time in Wilberforce. While fewer residents are volunteering, the area sees much higher rates of unpaid housework and childcare than most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.8% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than most areas and down from 25.2% in 2011. This figure is slightly below the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family duties are common, with 29.4% of people caring for children unpaid and 27.7% doing heavy housework—both figures well above the national average. Meanwhile, 12.1% of residents provide unpaid care, which is about the same as across Australia.
12.1% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.4% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.7% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 27.7%
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 3.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.5%
Lower 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 Wilberforce [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115159/wilberforce/topic/community