23.7% ▼ -32.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wagin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wagin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Wagin volunteer their time, which is a much higher rate than across the rest of the country. This strong level of community involvement stands out as the most striking feature of local participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.7% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above the Western Australian rate of 15.9% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 18.7% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (22.7%) and those providing unpaid care (12.4%) are both a little above the state averages.
12.4% ▲ +11.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.7% ▼ -26.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -26.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 22.7%
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 more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.8% of the population having served, which is a little above the 2.8% national figure.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Wagin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51501/wagin/topic/community