15.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Walsall · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Walsall
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people spend their spare time on unpaid care and housework in Walsall compared to other parts of the state. While 15.4% of the population volunteers, the most striking trend is how much lower the rates of unpaid caregiving are than the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 15.4% of people in Walsall volunteer, which is a little above the Australian figure of 14.1% and about the same as the Western Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than in most areas. Only 6.2% of people provide unpaid care, and just 16.9% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below state and national figures.
6.2% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.1% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.9% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 16.9%
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.
No one in Walsall reported serving in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the 2.8% national average.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Walsall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51511/walsall/topic/community