6.6% ▼ -71.8%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wilcannia · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Wilcannia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 6.6% of people in Wilcannia (L) volunteer, a figure that has plunged 17 percentage points since 2011. This community has some of the lowest rates of volunteering and unpaid care across the region, with very few residents providing help at home or in the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for similar areas, at 6.6%. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is far below the state and national figures, with only 10.0% of people caring for children and 8.3% doing over 15 hours of housework. General unpaid care is also well below the national figure at 6.9%, and all these rates have fallen sharply since 2011.
6.9% ▼ -60.3%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.0% ▼ -68.9%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
8.3% ▼ -75.3%
Lower than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 8.3%
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.
Defence service is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the national figure of 2.8%, with 0.7% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
0.7%
Lower than 95% 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 Wilcannia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121120/wilcannia/topic/community