11.5% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Waikiki · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Waikiki
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of former Defence Force members defines Waikiki, where 6.9% of people have served. While military service is common, formal volunteering is much lower than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.5% of residents volunteer, 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.
Unpaid care is common here, with 30% of people caring for children, a figure well above the Australian average of 26.3%. Around 11.8% provide other unpaid care, and 21.6% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly.
11.8% ▲ +20.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 21.6%
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.
The 6.9% of residents who served in the Defence Force is among the highest for similar areas and well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
6.9%
Higher than 89% 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 Waikiki [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51502/waikiki/topic/community