17.8% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wandillup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wandillup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A remarkably high proportion of people in Wandillup provide unpaid support for others compared to the rest of the country. While volunteering is common, the most striking feature is how many residents are dedicated to caring for family and their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.8% of people here volunteer, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1% and a little above Western Australia's 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 20% of people providing care—a figure well above the national rate of 11.9%. This is seen in the 33.3% of residents caring for children unpaid and the 26.7% who do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the state and national figures.
20.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 26.7%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
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 Wandillup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51520/wandillup/topic/community