11.9% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wanneroo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wanneroo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 11.9% of people in Wanneroo volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This suggests a community with lower levels of formal volunteering, even though many residents are heavily involved in unpaid family care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and a little below the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 28.6% of people caring for children, which is a little above the Australian figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 10.7% of residents provide other unpaid care, which is a little below the national figure.
10.7% ▲ +12.2%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.6% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 21.2%
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.
About 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both the state and national averages.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Wanneroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51526/wanneroo/topic/community