14.8% ▼ -0.7%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wattle Grove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wattle Grove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 40.2% of people in Wattle Grove provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. This high level of family care stands out as the main feature of community life here, though other forms of volunteering and service are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.8% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Western Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid childcare is among the highest at this level, only 10.6% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is a little below the national figure. Around 22.5% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, slightly above the state and national figures.
10.6% ▲ +13.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.2% ▲ +11.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 40.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 22.5%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most similar areas, with 1.3% of people having served, which is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
1.3%
Lower than 65% 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 Wattle Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51549/wattle-grove/topic/community