14.1% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Waggrakine · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Waggrakine
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Waggrakine involves a high level of family responsibility, with 29.9% of people caring for children unpaid. This rate is well above the national figure. While many residents focus on these home-based roles, community volunteering is slightly lower than across the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.1% of people in Waggrakine volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Western Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents have significant unpaid duties, with 29.9% caring for children and 23.0% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are above national levels. However, the 10.6% of people providing other unpaid care is lower than in most areas.
10.6% ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.9% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 23.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.2% of the population, a figure that is about the same as both the state and national averages.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Waggrakine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51500/waggrakine/topic/community