16.7% ▼ -38.5%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wallabadah · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Wallabadah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Wallabadah do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week. This is a high figure for the area, though the proportion of people volunteering and providing unpaid care has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of people here volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%, though this rate has fallen 10 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.1% of residents do significant unpaid housework, far fewer care for children compared to the national figure of 26.3%. General unpaid care is provided by 14.1% of the population, which is a little above the Australian average.
14.1% ▼ -21.9%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.9% ▼ -56.8%
Lower than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 27.1%
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.
Only 1.6% of people in Wallabadah have served in the Defence Force, a rate that is much lower than most similar areas.
1.6%
Lower than 89% 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 Wallabadah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122148/wallabadah/topic/community