32.7% ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 38.0%
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wongan-Ballidu · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Wongan-Ballidu
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Participation in community and home activities has dipped since 2011 in Wongan-Ballidu. While volunteering remains a standout feature of the area, fewer people now spend their time on unpaid housework or caring for children compared to a decade ago.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 32.7% of people helping out. This is far above the figures for Western Australia (15.9%) and Australia (14.1%), even though the rate fell by 5.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People providing unpaid care are much fewer than in most areas at 9.9%. Meanwhile, 25.6% of people care for children unpaid, and 22.1% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, though both figures have fallen since 2011.
9.9% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% ▼ -21.4%
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▼ -21.6%
Higher than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 22.1%
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.
Defence service is common at a rate of 3.2%, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia (2.9%) and Australia (2.8%).
3.2%
Higher than 58% 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 Wongan-Ballidu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA59310/wongan-ballidu/topic/community