8.8% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wellesley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wellesley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Less than 9% of people volunteer in Wellesley, meaning local community activities see much lower participation than in most other areas. While child care is common, very few residents spend significant time on other types of unpaid work or care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.8% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 29.4% of people care for children unpaid—a figure well above the Australian average—almost no one provides other unpaid care, and those doing 15 or more hours of housework are far below the national figure.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.4% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
8.8% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.9%
- 2021: 8.8%
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.
No one in Wellesley has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for both 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 Wellesley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51559/wellesley/topic/community