26.7% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.0%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wattening · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wattening
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping out defines daily life in Wattening, where 26.7% of people volunteer. This level of community involvement is far above the national figure, marking it as a place where residents are exceptionally active in supporting others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most areas. At 26.7%, the rate is far above both the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 37.8% of people caring for children and 17.8% providing other unpaid care, both of which are well above state and national levels. Additionally, 28.9% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, a figure much higher than most areas.
17.8% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.8% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.9% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 28.9%
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 reported serving in the Defence Force, which is a little below the rates seen across 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 Wattening [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51548/wattening/topic/community