16.4% ▼ -47.4%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wandering · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wandering
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Wandering have stayed steady, with 16.4% of people giving their time to others. This is about the same as the Western Australian average and a little above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.4% of people in Wandering volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and slightly higher than the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people here provide unpaid childcare compared to the state and national figures, though those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week are well above the typical Australian rate at 25.7%. Unpaid care for others sits at 11.0%, which is lower than most areas.
11.0% ▲ +41.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.3% ▼ -48.7%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▼ -16.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 25.7%
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.
A higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.3% of the population having served.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 Wandering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51518/wandering/topic/community