10.4% ▼ -42.0%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wyee · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Wyee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 10.4% of people in Wyee volunteer, which is well below the national figure. This decline in community activity is a key feature of the area, as volunteering rates have fallen by 7.6 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas. At 10.4%, the rate is a little below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 26.6% of people caring for children, which is higher than most areas. Around 13.2% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011.
13.2% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2021: 22.7%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most similar areas. About 3.1% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 2.3% and the national rate of 2.8%.
3.1%
Lower than 64% 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 Wyee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115163/wyee/topic/community