17.9% ▼ -29.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Katanning · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Katanning
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Katanning has remained steady over the last decade, with a strong spirit of volunteering. Nearly 18% of residents give their time to help others, which is well above the national figure. This highlights a community where people are actively engaged in local support and activities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.9% of people in Katanning volunteer, a rate that is a little above the Western Australian figure and well above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people here provide unpaid care compared to most areas, with only 21.3% caring for children and 19.1% doing over 15 hours of housework. This is well below both the state and national figures. Those providing general unpaid care sit at 11.3%, which is about the same as the rest of Australia.
11.3% ▲ +7.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.3% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▼ -23.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 19.1%
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 Force veterans make up 2.3% of the population. This is around the middle for similar areas and is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.3%
Lower than 55% 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 Katanning [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50742/katanning/topic/community