38.1% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wardering · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wardering
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 22 percentage point gap separates Wardering from the rest of Western Australia in terms of volunteering. Nearly 38% of people here volunteer, a figure that is far above both the state and national averages. This high level of community involvement stands out as the defining feature of the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 38.1% of residents volunteer, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 23.8% of people do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure—none of the residents provide unpaid care to others. This 0% rate is far below the Australian average of 11.9%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
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 Wardering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51531/wardering/topic/community