11.8% ▼ -22.9%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wellard · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wellard
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Wellard stands out from similar areas for the high number of people providing unpaid childcare. While 38.7% of residents care for children without pay, this is far above the national figure. Other forms of community contribution are less common here than in most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower than in most areas, with 11.8% of people pitching in. This is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Nearly 39% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, those providing other types of unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework are much fewer than in most areas.
9.1% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.7% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% ▼ -19.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 19.8%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.5% of the population. This is higher than most areas and slightly above the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Wellard [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51558/wellard/topic/community