6.4% ▼ -31.5%
Lower than 97% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wiluna · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Wiluna
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 6.4% of people in Wiluna volunteer their time, reflecting a very low level of community participation. This is well below the national figure and marks a decline from previous years. Residents here are also far less likely to provide unpaid care or housework compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest in the region at 6.4%, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%. This rate has fallen 3.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than usual here, with only 15.5% of people caring for children and 5.1% providing other unpaid care. Just 7.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure far below the national average.
5.1% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 98% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.5% ▼ -39.7%
Lower than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
7.3% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 7.3%
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 3.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
3.2%
Higher than 56% of council (lga) 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 Wiluna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA59250/wiluna/topic/community