12.3% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wannanup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wannanup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people volunteer in Wannanup compared to similar areas, though the area has a remarkably high number of former Defence Force members. While local volunteering is low, a significant portion of the community is active in unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.3% of residents volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most areas and well below the Western Australian rate of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here do unpaid housework than the national figure, with 25.2% spending 15 or more hours a week on it. Around 28.3% provide unpaid childcare, which is higher than most areas.
10.5% ▲ +13.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 25.2%
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 much higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force here than in most similar areas, with 4.6% of residents having served.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Wannanup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51525/wannanup/topic/community