26.4% ▼ -20.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 47.6%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wannamal · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wannamal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Wannamal volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This spirit of contribution is a key feature of the area, where residents are also very likely to have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 26.4% of people pitching in. This is far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is frequent, as 31.1% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the Australian figure of 26.3%. Similarly, 25.5% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, while 11.3% provide other unpaid care.
11.3% ▲ +166.0%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.1% ▲ +33.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▼ -11.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 25.5%
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 striking 9.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is among the highest rates for areas of this size and well above the state average of 2.9%.
9.9%
Higher than 96% 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 Wannamal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51524/wannamal/topic/community