11.6% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
High Wycombe · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in High Wycombe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 11.6% of people in High Wycombe volunteer, which is a much lower rate than most similar areas. While many residents are busy with family duties, there is a noticeable gap in community volunteering compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The local volunteering rate is 11.6%, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and a little below the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Nearly 30% of people provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is well above the Australian average. However, the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework is much lower than most areas.
11.6% ▲ +26.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.9% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.6% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 19.6%
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 2.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for its level and about the same as the state and national figures.
2.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality 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 High Wycombe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50633/high-wycombe/topic/community