3.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wanarn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wanarn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people engage in formal volunteering in Wanarn, which ranks among the lowest areas for this activity. While community-led volunteer rates are far below the national figure, many residents still contribute significant time to unpaid housework and childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 3% of people volunteer here, a figure that is far below both the Western Australian rate of 15.9% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure—no one in the area reported providing other types of unpaid care. About 26% of people care for children unpaid, which is similar to the Australian average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Wanarn has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
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 Wanarn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51516/wanarn/topic/community