17.9% ▲ +10.4%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wollongbar · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Wollongbar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 30% of people in Wollongbar provide unpaid childcare, which is much higher than in most other areas. This community is very active in both home and public life, with high rates of volunteering and caregiving compared to the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has grown since 2011 and now involves 17.9% of residents, a figure well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for children is very common here, with 30.4% of people doing so unpaid, well above the New South Wales figure of 25.3%. This sits alongside a slightly higher than average rate of people providing other types of unpaid care, at 13.7%.
13.7% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.4% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2021: 24.3%
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 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than in most other areas and about the same as the New South Wales average.
3.1%
Lower than 62% 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 Wollongbar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115162/wollongbar/topic/community