15.1% ▼ -27.5%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Waterfall · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Waterfall
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 30% of people in Waterfall (L) provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. While many residents contribute to their community through care and home duties, formal volunteering has declined over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.1% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure. This is a drop from 2011, when 20.8% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 17.3% of people providing support and 27.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework. This is well above the national figures, though the 30.7% who care for children unpaid is lower than it was in 2011.
17.3% ▲ +83.2%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.7% ▼ -25.7%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.3%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 27.3%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.7% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.7%
Lower than 73% 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 Waterfall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121118/waterfall/topic/community